FZNT25 KNHC 160309

OFFN04



NAVTEX Marine Forecast

NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL

1109 PM EDT Wed Apr 15 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...A ridge extends from high pressure over the west-

central Atlantic across Florida into the northern Gulf. This

pattern will maintain gentle to moderate E to SE winds across

most of the basin through Sat. The exception will be off the

Yucatan Peninsula, where a trough will allow fresh to strong

winds to pulse during the evenings. Looking ahead, fresh to

strong NE winds and building seas will follow a cold front

moving across the northern Gulf Sun and Sun night. The front

will stall from the Florida Straits to south Texas by late Mon.



.OVERNIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.

.THU...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.

.THU NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.

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

.FRI NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.

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

.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.

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

.SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N to NE 20 to 25 kt

after midnight. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after

midnight.

.MON...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.

.MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.



Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida



.SYNOPSIS...A surface trough between Bermuda and Dominican

Republic will drift west toward the Turks and Caicos Islands

tonight into Thu morning, then will remain nearly stationary

through late Thu while gradually dissipating. Fresh to locally

strong NE winds and rough seas will persist west of the trough

across the southern Bahamas through tonight, with conditions

gradually improving thereafter as the trough weakens. High

pressure will follow the trough. Looking ahead, a cold front is

forecast to move off the coast of northeast Florida Sun night.

Expect fresh to strong N to NE winds and building seas in the

wake of the front as it reaches from Bermuda to the Florida

Straits by late Mon.



.OVERNIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.

.THU...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.

.THU NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.

.FRI...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and NE to E 5 to 10 kt

N of 27N. Seas 3 ft.

.FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.

.SAT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to

2 ft or less.

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

.SUN...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to N in the afternoon.

Seas 2 ft or less.

.SUN NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt, increasing to 20 to 25 kt after

midnight. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight.

.MON...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.

.MON NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.