FZNT25 KNHC 161923

OFFN04



NAVTEX Marine Forecast

NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL

323 PM EDT Sun Aug 16 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...High pressure will prevail across the Gulf waters

through the week. A weak pressure gradient will support mostly

gentle to moderate winds across much of the basin. A diurnally

induced surface trough will generate fresh to occasionally

strong winds N of the Yucatan peninsula early each evening.

These winds will spread westward away from the Yucatan at night

as the trough migrates into the SW Gulf. Slight to moderate seas

are expected through the forecast period.



.TONIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.

.MON...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.

.MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.

.TUE...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.

.TUE NIGHT...NW to N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.

.WED...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.

.WED NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.

.THU...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.

.THU NIGHT...NW to N winds 5 kt,  shifting to SW to W less than

5 kt late. Seas 2 ft or less.

.FRI...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.

.FRI NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt,  shifting to SW late. Seas

2 ft or less.



Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida



.SYNOPSIS...The pressure gradient between a ridge along 28N and

a tropical wave moving through the central Caribbean Sea will

support fresh to locally strong NE to E winds south of 22N

through tonight. A cold front will move into the northern waters

east of 70W late today. The front will move across the northern

forecast waters on Mon then weaken into a trough by Tue. Fresh

to strong SW to W winds are expected ahead of the front and E of

70W today and tonight.



.TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and S to SW 5 to 10 kt N

of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less.

.MON...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.

.MON NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and SW to W 10 to

15 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 ft N of 27N.

.TUE...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 ft N

of 27N.

.TUE NIGHT...SW to W winds 5 to 10 kt. S of 27N, seas 2 ft or

less. N of 27N, seas 3 ft, subsiding to 2 ft or less.

.WED...SW winds less than 5 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.

.WED NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.

.THU...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.

.THU NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.

.FRI...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.

.FRI NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. S of 27N, seas 2 ft or

less. N of 27N, seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft late.