314 FZNT25 KNHC 030305 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1005 PM 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...A frontal system extends across the western Gulf. The front will move eastward tonight, 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 and behind of the fronts as they move across the Gulf waters. Winds and seas will diminish by early next week as high pressure builds over the Gulf in the wake of the second front. .TONIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT...W to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT NIGHT...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SUN...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .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. .TUE...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...A frontal system extends across the central Atlantic, and a surface ridge is building in the wake of the front. The front is expected to dissipate tonight. A strong 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 gale force are possible both ahead and behind the fronts Sat into Sun over the waters mainly north of 29N. ...GALE WARNING... ...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE... .TONIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 to 4 ft after midnight. .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 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and S 20 to 25 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...S to SW winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and SW 20 to 30 kt N of 27N. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .SUN...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NE to E swell. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft, subsiding to 3 to 5 ft after midnight. .MON...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...E winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to NW to N 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 to 4 ft after midnight.