877 FZNT25 KNHC 160949 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 449 AM EST Sat Dec 16 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 across the eastern United States will support strong winds over the northern and eastern Gulf of Mexico today, with easterly gales offshore of SW Florida through sunrise. 1013 mb low pressure near 24N92W will move E-NE across the basin through this evening, and inland across the Florida Big Bend late Sat night. This will produce additional gales in the NE Gulf today. Thunderstorms in association with this low will provide locally higher winds and seas Sat and Sat night. A cold front will trail from the low, moving SE of the Gulf midday Sun. Strong north winds will spill into the western and northern Gulf Sat into Sun behind the front. High pressure will then settle in over the area through early next week allowing for marine conditions to improve. .TODAY...E to SE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in E swell. Numerous showers and scattered tstms. .TONIGHT...S winds 20 to 25 kt, shifting to SW to W after midnight. Seas 8 to 11 ft in SE to S swell. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SUN...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NW to N swell. Scattered showers and slight chance of tstms. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NW to N swell. .MON...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...A slow moving cold front extends from 27N55W to near 24N60W, where it becomes stationary and continues through the central Bahamas and Straits of Florida. This front will become stationary along 23N today and begin to weaken. The pressure gradient between the strong high pressure building north of the area and the front will result in near gale to gale-force NE to E winds and high seas over the waters W of 65W and north of 23N through tonight. Gulf of Mexico low pressure will move NE across N Florida Sat night, then emerge along the SE coast of the U.S. on Sun. A large area of southerly gales will develop SE of the low and an associated cold front Sat night through Sun night. Numerous thunderstorms in association with this low will provide locally higher winds and seas this weekend. Gale-force winds will lift N of the area waters Mon evening as the cold front reaches from 31N68W to the Windward Passage, then will stall from 31N65W to Hispaniola Tue night. ...GALE WARNING... ...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE... .TODAY...E to SE winds 20 to 25 kt S of 27N, and E 20 to 30 kt N of 27N. Seas 7 to 10 ft in E swell. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...SE winds 25 to 30 kt S of 27N, and E to SE 30 to 35 kt N of 27N. Seas 9 to 14 ft in E to SE swell. Numerous showers and scattered tstms. .SUN...SW winds 20 to 30 kt S of 27N, and S to SW 25 to 35 kt N of 27N. Seas 10 to 15 ft in SE to S swell. Scattered tstms. .SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds 20 to 25 kt S of 27N, and W 20 to 30 kt N of 27N. Seas 8 to 13 ft in W to NW swell. .MON...W to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NW to N swell. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .WED...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.