000 FZNT25 KNHC 141517 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1117 AM EDT Thu Jun 14 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 surface trough, northern portion of a tropical wave, across the central Bay of Campeche will shift slowly WNW through Sat. The pressure gradient will tighten in association with this trough, to produce freshening SE winds across W central portions through Fri, becoming fresh to strong SE to S winds over the weekend. .THIS AFTERNOON...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .TONIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .FRI...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .FRI NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .SAT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .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...An east to west ridge along 27N will shift south along 25N on Fri, along 24N on Sat and weaken along 23N on Sun as a weak cold front passes east through the waters north of 25N. Fresh to locally strong easterly winds are forecast along the northern coast of Hispaniola during the late afternoons and evenings through Fri, with moderate easterly flow forecast elsewhere south of the ridge. Gentle to moderate southerly flow is expected north of the ridge becoming moderate to fresh southwest flow just ahead of the front on Sat and Sun, with a brief moderate northeast breeze expected to the north of the cold front on Sun. .THIS AFTERNOON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 ft N of 27N. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .TONIGHT...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...E to SE 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. Slight chance of thunderstorms. .SAT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to N in the afternoon. S of 27N, seas 2 ft or less. N of 27N, seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft in the afternoon. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .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 S of 27N, and 3 ft N of 27N. .MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. S of 27N, seas 2 ft or less. N of 27N, seas 3 ft, subsiding to 2 ft or less.