000 FZNT25 KNHC 142022 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 322 PM EST Thu Dec 14 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...Strong high pressure building across the eastern United States will support fresh to strong winds over the northern and eastern Gulf of Mexico tonight, with easterly gales offshore Florida through Fri. Low pressure will form in the SW Gulf Fri night then move NE and into Florida Sat night. This will cause additional gales in the NE Gulf. A cold front will trail from the low, exiting the Gulf by early Sun. Expect widespread showers and thunderstorms over most of the central and eastern Gulf through early Sun. High pressure will then settle in over the area through early next week allowing for marine conditions to improve. ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SAT... .TONIGHT...NE to E winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft in NE to E swell. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .FRI...NE to E winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft in NE to E swell. Numerous showers and isolated tstms. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft in E swell. Numerous showers and isolated tstms. .SAT...E to SE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in E swell. Numerous showers and scattered tstms. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 20 to 30 kt, shifting to SW to W 20 to 25 kt after midnight. Seas 8 to 11 ft in S swell. .SUN...W to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NW swell. .SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .MON...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...A slow moving cold front extends from SE of Bermuda to the northwest Bahamas, where it becomes stationary and continues through the Florida Straits. This front will become fully stationary and oriented along 24N by the weekend. The combination of strong high pressure building north of the area and the front will result in near gale to gale force northeast to east winds and building seas over the waters W of 74W and north of 25N into Fri night, with these winds spreading north- northeastward to the north- central forecast waters Sun night through Mon night. The front will then lift N as a warm front while slowly dissipating, in advance of a low pressure that will cross Florida from the Gulf of Mexico Sat night. This low will move through the NW Atlantic waters Sun or Sun night. A large area of gales is likely E of the low. Widespread showers and thunderstorms are expected over most of the western half of the area through the weekend. ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SAT... .TONIGHT...NE to E winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft in NE swell. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .FRI...NE to E winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in NE to E swell. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NE to E swell. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT...E winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT NIGHT...SE winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in E to SE swell. .SUN...S to SW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft in SE swell. .SUN NIGHT...SW to W winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in E swell. .MON...W winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.