FZNT25 KNHC 181514

OFFN04



NAVTEX Marine Forecast

NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL

1114 AM EDT Wed Mar 18 2026



...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available

through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed

Coastal Waters Forecasts...



Southeast Gulf of America



.SYNOPSIS...The pressure gradient between a ridge across the

Gulf region and a frontal boundary over the Caribbean Sea will

support moderate to fresh N to NE winds and moderate to rough

seas over the SE Gulf and the Straits of Florida to Fri.

Moderate to fresh NE winds are expected across the eastern Bay

of Campeche at night through Sat night. Elsewhere gentle to

moderate winds and slight to moderate seas will prevail through

Sun.



.THIS AFTERNOON...N to NE winds 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.

.TONIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.

.THU...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.

.THU NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.

.FRI...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.

.FRI NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.

.SAT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.

.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the evening,

subsiding to 2 ft or less.

.SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.

.SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.



Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida



.SYNOPSIS...A cold front extends from 31N70W to the NW Bahamas

where it becomes a stationary front to western Cuba. The front

will remain nearly stationary from near Bermuda to the central

Bahamas on Thu. A weak low pressure is forecast to develop along

the frontal boundary late Thu into Fri. This will tighten the

pressure gradient, supporting fresh to strong winds and rough on

either side of front and across the offshore waters N of 25N

through the weekend as this system then transitions to a cold

front and moves east of the area.



.THIS AFTERNOON...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered

showers.

.TONIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt S of 27N, and N to NE 15 to

20 kt N of 27N. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers.

.THU...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.

.THU NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.

.FRI...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.

.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.

.SAT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.

.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to SE to S 10 to 15 kt

after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft.

.SUN...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to NE in the afternoon. Seas

3 to 4 ft.

.SUN NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.