000 FZNT25 KNHC 221500 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1100 AM EDT Fri Sep 22 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...Weak high pressure over the lower Mississippi Valley extending across the northern Gulf will control the weather pattern across basin through early next week. This will support mostly gentle to moderate east to southeast winds and slight seas, except for moderate to fresh winds pulsing offshore the western Yucatan Peninsula in the evenings. .THIS AFTERNOON...NE winds 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered tstms. .SUN...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...SE winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 ft in E to SE swell in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .TUE NIGHT...E 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 32.3N 75.6W at 11 AM EDT, moving north at 10 kt. Maximum sustained winds are 45 kt with gusts to 55 kt. Minimum central pressure is 996 mb. Sixteen will move to 33.2N 76.3W this evening, then continue to move north of the area and inland across coastal North Carolina early Sat. A weak ridge will build in the wake of Sixteen off northeast Florida through early next week, although a trough will persist across the Bahamas. Looking ahead, combined seas will build northeast of the Leeward Islands starting Mon ahead of low pressure moving westward across the tropical Atlantic, possibly as the next tropical cyclone. .THIS AFTERNOON...S of 27N, N winds 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. N of 27N, NW winds 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft in NE swell. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and NW to N 15 to 20 kt N of 27N. Seas 5 to 7 ft in NE swell. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in NE swell. Scattered tstms. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SUN...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft.