000 FZNT25 KNHC 020921 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 421 AM EST Thu Jan 2 2020 ...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...Low pressure off the central Texas coast is moving northward, with a trailing weak cold front reaching southward toward Tampico. The cold front will remains generally stationary through the morning, then will start moving eastward later today, reaching from the western Florida Panhandle to Veracruz Mexico by Fri afternoon. A reinforcing front will move off the Texas coast tonight, reaching from southwest Louisiana to northeast Mexico by Fri afternoon. Both fronts will move east of the Gulf by Sat afternoon. Expect increasing winds and building seas across the Gulf both ahead of, and behind, these fronts as they move across the Gulf waters. Winds and seas will diminish Sun and Mon as high pressure builds over the Gulf in the wake of the second front. .TODAY...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TONIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S to SW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT...W to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in W swell. .SUN...N winds 20 kt, shifting to N to NE 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 6 to 9 ft in W to NW swell. .SUN NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft,subsiding to 3 to 5 ft after midnight. .MON...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...A stationary front along 22N will dissipate later today. A new, stronger, cold front is forecast to move off the NE Florida coast by early Sat, followed closely by a reinforcing front by Sat afternoon. The fronts will merge and reach from near Bermuda to E Cuba by Sun afternoon, and then extend from 31N55W to Hispaniola by Mon afternoon. Winds to near gale force are possible both ahead and behind the cold fronts Sat into Sun over the waters north of 28N. .TODAY...S of 27N,E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. N of 27N,NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to SE in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .TONIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and S 15 to 20 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI NIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and S 20 to 25 kt N of 27N. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT...S to SW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .SUN...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft in the evening, subsiding to 2 ft or less.