000 FZNT25 KNHC 131435 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1035 AM EDT Fri Apr 13 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...Moderate E to SE flow across the Gulf will become fresh to strong today ahead of a late season cold front moving off the Texas coast late tonight. Strong northerly winds will follow the front, reaching gale force off Tampico and Veracruz by late Sat as the front reaches from western Florida Panhandle to the northwest Yucatan peninsula. The front will sweep the southeast Gulf by late Sun. Winds and seas will diminish from west to east through Mon as high pressure builds across the northern Gulf in the wake of the front through Tue. .THIS AFTERNOON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TONIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .SUN...S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .MON...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...A weakening cold front from 26N65W to the NW Bahamas has stalled and will dissipate tonight. High pressure building in the wake of the front will support pulses of fresh to strong trade winds off Hispaniola late today and Sat. SE winds will increase to fresh to strong east of 75W early Sun ahead of a second cold front moving off the northeast Florida coast late Sun. Strong to near gale force winds and building seas will accompany the front north of 27N as it moves east, reaching from 31N70W to eastern Cuba Mon night. Winds will diminish through late Tue as the front reaches from Bermuda to the southern Bahamas, but NW swell in excess of 8 ft will persist north of 27N east of 75W. .THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 10 to 15 kt. S of 27N, seas 3 ft in the afternoon, subsiding to 2 ft or less. N of 27N, seas 4 to 6 ft. .TONIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and E to SE 15 to 20 kt N of 27N. S of 27N, seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft late, then, subsiding to 2 ft or less late. N of 27N, seas 4 to 6 ft. Slight chance of showers. .SAT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and SE 10 to 15 kt N of 27N. S of 27N, seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft. N of 27N, seas 4 to 6 ft. Slight chance of showers. .SAT NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and SE to S 15 to 20 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft S of 27N, and 4 to 6 ft N of 27N. Chance of showers. .SUN...SE to S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft S of 27N, and 5 to 7 ft N of 27N. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft S of 27N, and 6 to 9 ft N of 27N. .MON...W winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft S of 27N, and 6 to 8 ft N of 27N. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 ft S of 27N, and 4 to 6 ft N of 27N. .TUE...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 ft S of 27N, and 4 to 6 ft N of 27N. .TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N.