000 FZNT25 KNHC 120259 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1059 PM EDT Sun Mar 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...A cold front crossing the NW Gulf will move SE across the entire basin through Mon, and then the Straits of Florida Mon evening. Brief gale force winds are expected behind the front over the far W Gulf on Mon, and in the SW Gulf Mon afternoon and night. Strong northerly winds elsewhere in the wake of the front will diminish from the NW through Mon night. A ridge will extend from NE Texas to the Straits of Florida on Tue, then high pres will become centered over the NE Gulf Thu through Fri night. .OVERNIGHT...SW to W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. Scattered thunderstorms. .MON...W to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .MON NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TUE...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 ft. .THU...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .FRI NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...A cold front entering the waters off NE Florida this afternoon will be preceded and followed by near gale to gale force winds N of 28N Mon evening through Tue morning. The front will reach from 30N65W to E Cuba Tue, stalling from 26N65W to E Cuba through Tue night. High pres building from the NW will cause the northern portion of the front to begin moving E once again Wed night. ...GALE WARNING... .OVERNIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and S to SW 15 to 20 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered thunderstorms. .MON...SW to W winds 20 to 25 kt S of 28N, and SW to W 25 to 35 kt N of 28N. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt S of 27N, and NW 20 to 30 kt N of 27N. Seas 6 to 9 ft in NW swell. .TUE...S of 27N,N winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming N to NE 5 to 10 kt late in the afternoon. N of 27N,NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 6 to 8 ft in NW to N swell. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in N to NE swell. .WED...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.