000 FZNT25 KNHC 271512 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1012 AM EST Fri Dec 27 2019 ...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...Fresh easterly winds persist over the eastern Gulf between a trough over the central Gulf and high pressure over the western Atlantic. The trough will drift into the western Gulf later today then dissipate late Fri. Fresh to occasional strong southerly return flow will set up over the northwest Gulf Sat, ahead of a cold front expected to enter the northwest Gulf Sat night into Sun. Fresh to strong wind will follow the front as it reaches from the Florida Big Bend to near Veracruz, Mexico Mon, before stalling from the Straits of Florida to the Bay of Campeche by late Tue. .TODAY...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 to 4 ft in the afternoon. .SUN NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to W to NW in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...High pressure building over the western Atlantic will support fresh to strong NE to E winds south of 27N through Sat night. The high pressure will shift east Sun into Mon, allowing these winds to diminish. However, will veer more south to southwest and increase late Sat into Mon off northeast Florida ahead of a cold front expected to move off the Florida coast by late Mon. The front will reach from near Bermuda to the Straits of Florida by late Tue. .TODAY...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft S of 27N, and 6 to 9 ft N of 27N. .TONIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft S of 27N, and 6 to 8 ft N of 27N. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft S of 27N, and 5 to 7 ft N of 27N. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft S of 27N, and 5 to 7 ft N of 27N. .SUN...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft S of 27N, and 5 to 7 ft N of 27N. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft S of 27N, and 4 to 6 ft N of 27N. .MON...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. S of 27N, seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. N of 27N, seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N. .TUE...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to W to NW in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N. .TUE NIGHT...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N.