752 FZNT25 KNHC 070944 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 444 AM EST Sun Jan 7 2024 ...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 cold front extends from Ft. Myers, FL to 25N85W, where it becomes a stationary front to the SW Bay of Campeche near 20N96W. The cold front will become stationary early this evening from the Straits of Florida to 20N95W. The front will then move northward across the basin as a warm front tonight through early Mon, accompanied by scattered showers and thunderstorms, as southeasterly winds increase to strong to near gale force across much of the basin. A very strong cold front will enter the western Gulf of Mexico early Mon evening, reach from Pensacola, FL to Veracruz, Mexico early Tue, from near Ft. Myers, FL to Cancun, Mexico Tue evening, and move southeast of the basin late Tue night. Gale force winds are expected to begin by late Mon morning over the north-central Gulf, with gusts reaching strong gale force speeds. Near-gale force winds are expected for most of the Gulf of Mexico on both sides of the front, Mon through Tue, with several areas experiencing sustained gale force winds. A squall line containing severe thunderstorms is likely to occur over the northern Gulf of Mexico just prior to the frontal passage. Conditions quiet down Wed through Thu as high pressure shifts E across the central Gulf in the wake of the front. ...GALE WARNING... ...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE TUE... .TODAY...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Isolated showers. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in E to SE swell. Isolated showers. .TUE...S winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft in S swell. .TUE NIGHT...W winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in SW to W swell. .WED...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in W to NW swell. .WED NIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in W to NW swell. .THU...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...A cold front extends from 31N76W to Melbourne, Florida near 28N80.5W. Fresh to strong winds will continue on both sides of the front north of 27N as it moves eastward. The front will reach from near 31N68W to the Straits of Florida this evening, from near 27N55W to 23N72W and stationary to 24N80W Mon evening, and weakening as a stationary front Tue evening from near 21N55W to 23N71W. SE winds will increase to strong to near gale force west of 70W Mon night, then increase to gale force Tue through Tue night north of 28N and west of 70W as a cold front approaches from the west. The cold front will move off NE Florida early Tue evening. By Wed evening, the front will be weakening as it reaches from near 31N68W to Eleuthera Island, Bahamas, but very rough seas will continue Wed night east of Florida and northeast of the Bahamas. A squall line containing strong to severe thunderstorms may occur just prior to the frontal passage late Tue into early Wed. Seas will subside Thu and Thu night as high pressure builds over the western Atlantic. ...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE TUE AND TUE NIGHT... .TODAY...S of 27N, S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to W in the afternoon. N of 27N, W to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers. .TONIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 20 to 25 kt S of 27N, and E to SE 20 to 30 kt N of 27N. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE...SE winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in SE swell. .TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds 25 to 40 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .WED...W winds 20 to 25 kt, becoming W to NW 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 6 to 9 ft in S to SW swell. .WED NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in E swell. .THU...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.