FZNT25 KNHC 201954

OFFN04



NAVTEX Marine Forecast

NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL

354 PM EDT Fri Mar 20 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 stationary front over the central Caribbean

Sea will continue to support fresh to locally strong NE winds

and moderate to rough seas over the SE Gulf, including the

Straits of Florida, through tonight. Moderate to fresh NE winds

are expected nightly, through the forecast period, across the

eastern Bay of Campeche due to local effects associated with a

thermal trough. Elsewhere, moderate or weaker winds, and slight

to moderate seas will prevail through Tue. Winds may briefly

increase to fresh speeds over the NE Gulf late Tue into early

Wed as the pressure gradient tightens there. 



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

.SAT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 

.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft in the evening,

subsiding to 2 ft or less. 

.SUN...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 

.SUN NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 

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

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

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

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

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

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



Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida



.SYNOPSIS...A stationary front extends from SE of Bermuda near

31N64W to a 1010 mb low pressure located near 28N67W to eastern 

Cuba into the central Caribbean Sea. Fresh to strong winds and 

rough seas on either side of the front, and mainly N of 25N,

will continue to affect the offshore waters from west to east

through Sun as the front moves eastward as a cold front. This 

system is forecast to reach from 31N63W to Hispaniola by Sat 

morning, and from 31N57W to Puerto Rico by Sun morning. Looking 

ahead, a new cold front is forecast to enter the offshore waters 

of NE Florida Mon night into Tue, followed by fresh to strong NE 

to E winds and rough seas. These marine conditions are forecast to

affect most of the waters N of 27N through the middle of the next

week. 



.TONIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 

.SAT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and NW to N 10 to

15 kt N of 27N. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 

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

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

27N. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 

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

.MON...W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 

.MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 

.TUE...N winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NE 20 to 25 kt in the

afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 

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

.WED...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 

.WED NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.