296 FZNT25 KNHC 170313 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1013 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 1004 mb low pressure currently near 27N85.5W will continue to strengthen as it moves NE tonight and into Florida near the Big Bend overnight. This will produce additional gales in the NE Gulf tonight, to the N and then to the NW of the low. Thunderstorms in association with this low will provide locally higher winds and seas into Sun morning over the eastern Gulf of Mexico. A cold front will trail from the low, moving SE of the Gulf and into the NW Caribbean Sun morning. Strong north winds will continue behind this front in the northern and western Gulf into Sun. High pressure will then settle in over the area through early next week allowing for marine conditions to gradually improve. ...GALE WARNING... .TONIGHT...SE to S winds 25 to 35 kt, shifting to SW to W 20 to 25 kt after midnight. Seas 8 to 11 ft in SE to S swell. Scattered tstms. .SUN...NW winds 20 to 30 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 4 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 4 to 6 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 stationary front extends from 23N55W to 22N59W then W-NW through the NW Bahamas and across S Florida. This front will weaken tonight and dissipate on Sun. Strong to gale-force E-SE winds are noted N of this boundary from 25N to 30N W of 76W early tonight, including the NW Bahamas and offshore Florida. Deepening low pressure in the E Gulf of Mexico will move NE and into Florida tonight, then move across the far NW Atlantic waters Sun and move N of the area Sun night. SE gales with gusts to storm-force will develop offshore Florida later tonight and Sun, ahead of the low, 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. Ahead of the low and the cold front tonight through Sun night, strong thunderstorms will likely produce locally higher winds and seas. The cold front will reach 30N75W to Central Cuba by Sun evening, then extend from 31N68W to Haiti by Mon night. The front will then stall into the middle of next week. ...STORM WARNING N OF 29.5N... ...GALE WARNING ELSEWHERE... .TONIGHT...SE winds 25 to 35 kt S of 27N, and E to SE 35 to 45 kt N of 27N. Seas building to 9 to 18 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 15 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.