000 FZNT25 KNHC 251512 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1012 AM EST Wed Jan 25 2023 ...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 cold front extends from the far western Florida panhandle southwestward to 26N90W and to the Bay of Campeche near 10N96W. A line of strong to severe thunderstorms with frequent lightning and gusty winds is ahead of the front, north of 27N. These storms will continue eastward across the Gulf as the front reaches from Tampa Bay, FL to the Yucatan Peninsula tonight, and exits the basin from the Straits of Florida to the Yucatan Channel by midday Thu. Gale-force winds offshore Veracruz will diminish to near gale-force early this evening. Winds and seas will gradually improve by Fri. Fresh to locally strong southerly return flow will set-up this weekend in the far western Gulf in response to the next cold front that will be approaching the NW Gulf. Fresh to strong east winds will surge from the southwestern Atlantic through the Straits of Florida and into the far southeastern Gulf Sat and Sat night. These conditions will improve late on Sun into Sun night. .TODAY...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in E to SE swell. .TONIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to NW late. Seas 5 to 7 ft in SE to S swell. Scattered showers. .THU...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Scattered showers. .THU NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in NW swell. Isolated showers. .FRI...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in NW to N swell. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in N to NE swell. .SAT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in E swell. .SUN...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...A cold front extends from near 31N49W to 25N63W. Moderate to fresh winds are northwest of the front. The front will reach from near 25N55W to 24N62W this evening before dissipating tonight. Fresh to strong southerly flow will develop this morning off northern and central Florida ahead of a strong cold front that will move off the southeastern U.S. coast on this evening. This front is expected to reach from near 31N74W to the NW Bahamas to the Straits of Florida Thu afternoon, then weaken as it reaches from near 31N69W to 26N75W to central Cuba early Fri, and from near 31N61W to 25N70W and becoming stationary to central Cuba by Sat afternoon. A line of scattered showers and thunderstorms, some possibly with strong gusty winds, will precede the front east of Florida tonight into Thu. A tight gradient will create fresh to strong northeast to east winds and building seas within about 180 nm north of the stationary front late Fri night through early Sun, especially over the Bahamas, Windward Passage and Straits of Florida. Conditions improve late on Sun into Sun night. .TODAY...SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and SE to S 20 to 25 kt N of 27N. Seas 4 to 6 FT ft S of 27N, and 6 to 8 ft N of 27N. Isolated showers. .TONIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and S to SW 20 to 25 kt N of 27N. Seas 4 to 6 ft S of 27N, and 6 to 8 ft N of 27N. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms N of 27N. .THU...S of 27N, S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to W in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. N of 27N, W winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in NW swell. .THU NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.