000 FZNT25 KNHC 240301 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1001 PM EST Tue Jan 23 2018 ...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...A cold front extends SW from Tampa Bay to 23N88W will move SE of the area today leaving a trough across the far SW waters where it will meander through early Sat, then lift N as a warm front with a surface low developing along the front near 27N90W on Sat night. The surface low will move E reaching the Florida Big Bend on Sun night dragging a cold front across the Central Gulf waters. Strengthening high pressure will produce strong NE winds across the SW Gulf waters on Wed afternoon with these conditions shifting E across the E Gulf waters on Wed night and continuing through early Sat, with strong to near gale force winds surrounding the surface low on Sat night into Sun. .TONIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .FRI...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SAT...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...A cold front currently moving off the NE Florida coast will reach a position from 31N75W to the Straits of Florida on Wed evening, reach from Bermuda to Central Cuba on Thu evening, and stall E to W along 23N on Fri night through Sat night. The W portion of the front will lift N across the Straits of Florida on Sun night. Strengthening high pressure in the wake of this front will produce strong to near gale force NE-E winds W of the front Thu through Sat with conditions improving from the N on Sun. .TONIGHT...S of 27N,NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. N of 27N,SW to W winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to NW to N late in the night. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers. .WED...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and N 15 to 20 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU...NE winds 20 to 25 kt S of 27N, and N to NE 20 to 25 kt N of 27N. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .FRI...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SAT...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SUN...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.