000 FZNT25 KNHC 211526 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1126 AM EDT Thu Sep 21 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...High pressure will be in control of the weather pattern across the Gulf waters allowing for generally gentle to moderate east to southeast winds and slight seas, except pulsing to moderate to fresh offshore the western Yucatan Peninsula in the evenings. Developing low pressure east of Florida will tighten the pressure gradient over the NE Gulf bringing moderate to locally fresh NE winds across the NE Gulf tonight into Fri. A frontal trough associated with the aforementioned low pressure will move across the southeastern Gulf and the Straits of Florida tonight into Fri. .THIS AFTERNOON...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to N to NE in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...Potential Tropical Cyclone Sixteen is near 28.9N 75.9W at 11 AM EDT, and is moving north at 8 kt. Maximum sustained winds are 25 kt with gusts to 35 kt, and the minimum central pressure is 1012 mb. PTC Sixteen will move to 30.0N 75.5W this evening,and will be N of area near 31.7N 75.4W by Fri morning. In its wake, high pressure ridging will build from E to W just north of the forecast waters into early next week. .THIS AFTERNOON...S of 27N, SE winds 5 kt, shifting to N in the afternoon. N of 27N, N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and N to NE 20 to 25 kt N of 27N. Seas 4 to 6 ft in NE to E swell. .FRI...NE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and NW to N 20 to 25 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and N 15 to 20 kt N of 27N. Seas 4 to 6 ft in N to NE swell. .SAT...E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and N to NE 10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 4 to 6 ft in N to NE swell. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT NIGHT...S of 27N, E winds 15 to 20 kt. N of 27N, NE winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to E to SE after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft.