000 FZNT25 KNHC 132059 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 459 PM EDT Wed Jun 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...Weak high pressure across the NE Gulf extends WNW to central Texas and is producing moderate to fresh SE winds across the west half of the basin. The pressure gradient will tighten tonight as a tropical wave moves across the Yucatan Peninsula and into the SW Gulf, and then slowly WNW across the western Gulf Thu and Fri. A surface trough will develop along the Yucatan Peninsula late each afternoon, and drift westward across the southwest Gulf waters during the overnight hours, accompanied by a strong east to southeast wind shift with the trough dissipating along 96W during the late mornings. .TONIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .THU...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .THU NIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .FRI...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .FRI NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...A broad ridge continues from the central Atlantic westward to N Florida and will meander between 27N and 29N through Thu, then shift south along 25N on Fri, along 24N on Sat and along 23N on Sun. This will allow a weak cold front to move east through the waters north of 26N over the weekend. Fresh to locally strong easterly winds are forecast along the northern coast of Hispaniola during the late afternoons and evenings through Thu, with moderate easterly flow forecast elsewhere south of the ridge. .TONIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and S 10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 4 ft N of 27N. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .THU...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 4 ft N of 27N. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .THU NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and S to SW 10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 ft N of 27N. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .FRI...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and SW to W 10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 ft N of 27N. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. S of 27N, seas 2 ft or less. N of 27N, seas 3 ft, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .SAT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to N in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. S of 27N, seas 2 ft or less. N of 27N, seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft in the afternoon. .SUN NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 ft N of 27N. .MON...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.