000 FZNT25 KNHC 050253 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1053 PM EDT Wed May 4 2022 ...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...The subtropical ridge persists to the south of Bermuda, extending into the Gulf of Mexico. Moderate to fresh E-SE winds will prevail across most of the Gulf waters through Thu. The ridge will migrate eastward by Fri, as a weak cold front approaches the northern Gulf coast Fri night into Sat. The front is expected to move along the eastern Gulf coast through the weekend. Moderate to fresh easterly winds are expected ahead of the front in the NE Gulf on Sat with gentle to moderate E-NE winds behind it. .OVERNIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft in the afternoon. .SAT NIGHT...SW to W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...Clusters of showers and thunderstorms persist northeast of the Bahamas, north of a surface trough reaching across the southern Bahamas into the Windward Passage. The trough is forecast to meander over the next couple of days, enhancing some storm activity near it. The rest of the area is dominated by the high pressure system south of Bermuda. The high pressure will weaken and migrate eastward by Fri and into Sat. Fresh to locally strong southerly winds will develop off the NE Florida coast by Fri night. A cold front is expected to move off the Florida coast by Sat and push southeast through Sun. .OVERNIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 ft. .THU...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to N in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU NIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to SE to S after midnight. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI...SE to S winds less than 5 kt S of 27N, and S to SW 5 to 10 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight. .SAT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SW to W winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.