000 FZNT25 KNHC 110917 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 417 AM EST Sun Feb 11 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...Southerly return flow dominates the Gulf region ahead of the next cold front forecast to enter the NW Gulf early this morning. The front will reach a position from SE Louisiana to just south of Brownsvile, Texas by this evening, and from the western Florida Panhandle to the central Bay of Campeche by Mon evening, where it will stall and gradually weaken. Fresh to strong northerly winds and buiding seas to 8 ft will follow the front tonight and Mon. The remnants of the front may lift nortward on Tue while a trough will remain over the SW Gulf. .TODAY...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TONIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .THU NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...A ridge, with axis across the N waters, dominates the forecast area. Fresh to strong winds are expected across the waters S of 25N through early Mon morning, and then mainly S of 22N Mon through Wed as the ridge weakens, and a cold front clips the far N waters on Tue. .TODAY...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft S of 27N, and 5 to 7 ft N of 27N. .TONIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and SE to S 15 to 20 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 4 ft S of 27N, and 5 to 7 ft N of 27N. .MON...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and SE 15 to 20 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 ft S of 27N, and 5 to 7 ft N of 27N. .MON NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and SE 10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 ft S of 27N, and 4 to 6 ft N of 27N. .TUE...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 ft S of 27N, and 4 to 6 ft N of 27N. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft S of 27N, and 4 to 6 ft N of 27N. .WED...E winds 15 to 20 kt. S of 27N, seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. N of 27N, seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 4 to 6 ft N of 27N. .THU...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 4 to 6 ft N of 27N. .THU NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N.