784 FZNT25 KNHC 162002 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 302 PM 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...A 1008 mb low pressure currently near 25N90W will continue to strengthen as it moves ENE this evening and into Florida near the Big Bend overnight. This will produce additional gales in the NE Gulf tonight. Thunderstorms in association with this low will provide locally higher winds and seas into Sun morning over the eastern Gulf of Mexico. NW gales will present behind the low Sun in the NE Gulf of Mexico. A cold front will trail from the low, moving SE of the Gulf morning. High pressure will then settle in over the area through early next week allowing for marine conditions to improve. ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SUN... .TONIGHT...SE to S winds 25 to 35 kt, shifting to SW to W 25 to 35 kt after midnight. Seas 7 to 10 ft in SE to S swell. Scattered tstms. .SUN...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NW swell. Scattered showers and isolated 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 8 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 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...A cold front has now stalled along 24N. This front will weaken tonight and dissipate by Sun. Strong to gale-force winds are noted N of this boundary from 24N to 28N W of 75W, including the NW Bahamas and offshore Florida. These winds will continue until the front dissipates. A strengthening low pressure in the Gulf of Mexico will move NE and into Florida tonight, then cross the far NW waters Sun and move N of the area Sun night. Gales ahead of the low will develop offshore Florida later tonight and Sun, then spread E and NE with time, ahead of a cold front that will trail this low. Behind the front, NW gales will also develop N of 28N by Sun night. In the vicinity of the low and along the cold front tonight through Sun night, strong thunderstorms will likely produce locally much higher winds and seas. ...GALE WARNING THROUGH SUN NIGHT... .TONIGHT...SE winds 25 to 35 kt S of 27N, and E to SE 30 to 40 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 30 to 40 kt N of 27N. Seas 9 to 14 ft in SE to S swell. Scattered tstms. .SUN NIGHT...W to NW winds 20 to 25 kt S of 27N, and W 25 to 35 kt N of 27N. Seas 8 to 13 ft in W to NW swell. .MON...S of 27N, W to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. N of 27N, W winds 25 to 30 kt, diminishing to 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. 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 5 to 7 ft. .WED...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.