000 FZNT25 KNHC 271500 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1100 AM EDT Fri Oct 27 2017 ...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed Coastal Waters Forecasts... Southeast Gulf of Mexico .SYNOPSIS...Fresh return flow has started over the NW Gulf ahead of the next cold front, expected to move into the NW Gulf early this afternoon, then reach from the western Florida Panhandle to the W Bay of Campeche by early Sat afternoon. High pressure behind front will support another round of strong northerly winds across much of the basin, with gale force winds expected across the west-central and SW Gulf on Sat and Sat night. .THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TONIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers. .SAT NIGHT...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered thunderstorms. .SUN...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .MON...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft, subsiding to 3 to 5 ft in the afternoon. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .TUE NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...A cold front extending from just E of Bermuda to the Windward Passage will stall, weaken then lift northward through the central Bahamas by late today ahead of low pressure developing in the NW Caribbean. The low pressure will move across western Cuba into the Bahamas by late Sat, ahead of a cold front moving through the Gulf of Mexico. The front will reach from 30N75W to central Cuba by Sun afternoon. Gale force winds are possible along the front N of 27N at that time as another area of low pressure develops along the front and lifts N of the area. Winds and seas diminish through mid week as the front weakens and stalls the low pressure becomes diffuse along the front. .THIS AFTERNOON...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N. .TONIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and E to SE 10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N. .SAT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and SE 10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N. .SAT NIGHT...SE to S winds 20 to 25 kt S of 27N, and SE to S 15 to 20 kt N of 27N. S of 27N, seas 2 ft or less, building to 4 to 6 ft late. N of 27N, seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers. .SUN...SW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft S of 27N, and 6 to 8 ft N of 27N. .MON...N winds 15 to 20 kt. S of 27N, seas 3 to 4 ft. N of 27N, seas 5 to 7 ft, subsiding to 3 to 5 ft in the afternoon. .MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 4 ft N of 27N. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N.