327 FZNT25 KNHC 150320 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1020 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 OF Florida through Fri. Low pressure will form in the SW Gulf Fri night then move NE and into Florida Sat night. This will produce additional gales in the NE Gulf. A cold front will trail from the low, exiting the Gulf by early Sun. Strong north winds will spill into the western Gulf Sat and Sat night behind the front. High pressure will then settle in over the area through early next week allowing for marine conditions to improve. Expect widespread showers and thunderstorms over most of the central and eastern Gulf through early Sun. ...GALE WARNING... .TONIGHT...NE to E winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft in NE to E swell. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .FRI...NE to E winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft in NE to E swell. Scattered tstms. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft in E swell. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT...E to SE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in E swell. 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 6 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 near 25N75W, where it becomes stationary and continues through the Florida Straits. This front will become fully stationary and aligned 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 high 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 Gulf of Mexico low pressure that will cross Florida Sat night. This low will move through the NW Atlantic waters Sun or Sun night, when 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... ...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SAT NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE to E winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft in NE swell. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .FRI...NE to E winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft in NE to E swell. Scattered showers. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 20 to 30 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.