000 FZNT25 KNHC 071532 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1031 AM EST Mon Dec 7 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 pair of cold fronts over the SE Gulf of Mexico will merge today and are forecast to move E of the basin tonight. Winds and seas will diminish Tue as high pressure builds over the northern Gulf. Looking ahead, southerly return flow will increase over the NW Gulf by Thu ahead of the next cold front. .TODAY...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft,building to 5 to 7 ft in the afternoon. .TONIGHT...NW to N winds 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW to N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft in the evening, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .THU...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...A frontal boundary just N of the Bahamas will merge with a second cold front that extends from 31N77W to Cape Canaveral this morning. By Tue, the front will stretch from Bermuda through the SE Bahamas and into eastern Cuba. Gale force winds are expected to develop late this morning ahead and behind the front N of 27N. Gale force winds and building seas are forecast to continue through Tue morning. .TODAY...S of 27N,SW winds 20 to 25 kt. N of 27N, SW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming W 25 to 30 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt S of 27N, and W to NW 20 to 25 kt N of 27N. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.