000 FZNT25 KNHC 141500 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1100 AM EDT Thu Mar 14 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...High pressure will persist across the Gulf waters through into the weekend. Gentle to moderate winds will increase to moderate to fresh speeds over the majority of the basin today through Fri. Fresh to locally strong winds will pulse near and to the NW of the Yucatan Peninsula each night and early morning hours due to local effects. A weak cold front will enter the NW Gulf waters late Fri and slide eastward, while a stronger cold front will move across the area late this weekend into early next week. .THIS AFTERNOON...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to W to NW in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...High pressure will prevail across the area the next few days. The area of high pressure will shift eastward this weekend enabling a cold front to move into the NW waters early next week. Slight to moderate seas will persist through the forecast period. .THIS AFTERNOON...S of 27N, E winds 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. N of 27N, E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and E to SE 10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight. .FRI...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .FRI NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft in the evening, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .SAT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the evening, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .SUN...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight. .MON...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft.