000 FZNT25 KNHC 250915 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 515 AM EDT Wed Aug 25 2021 ...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 will move into the eastern Gulf tonight into Thu morning, bringing fresh NE to E winds. Otherwise, high pressure pressure will dominate the basin through Fri, producing mainly gentle to moderate E to SE winds. Fresh winds will pulse west of the Yucatan Peninsula tonight and again Thu night. A broad area of low pressure is expected to form over the western Caribbean Sea in a couple of days. Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive for development, and a tropical depression is likely to form late this week or this weekend while the system moves northwestward over the northwestern Caribbean Sea, near or across the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, and into the western Gulf of Mexico by Sunday. Based on the forecast, expect increasing winds and seas across the Gulf waters during the upcoming weekend. .TODAY...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TONIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .THU...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .THU NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT...E to SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SUN...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...A surface trough located along 70W will reach the NW Bahamas this evening and move into the eastern Gulf of Mexico late tonight into Thu morning. Fresh to strong NE winds are expected ahead of the trough axis. Otherwise, high pressure located just N of the forecast region will dominate the SW N Atlantic through Sat. Fresh to locally strong winds are expected to pulse N of Hispaniola during the evening hours through Sat night. .TODAY...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt S of 27N, and E 15 to 20 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .THU...E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and E 15 to 20 kt N of 27N. S of 27N, seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. N of 27N, seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .THU NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and E to SE 15 to 20 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 4 to 6 ft N of 27N. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .FRI...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N. .FRI NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N. .SAT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N. .SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 4 ft N of 27N. .SUN...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.