000 FZNT25 KNHC 210135 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 935 PM EDT Sat Apr 20 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 extending across the basin from the western Atlantic will begin to shift eastward tonight as a rather weak cold front approaches the NW Gulf coast. Winds will generally remain at gentle to moderate speeds throughout tonight into early Sun. Winds will pulse fresh to strong this evening near the northern Yucatan Peninsula. The cold front is forecast to move into the NW Gulf late tonight into early Sun, then reach the southeastern Gulf Mon evening as it weakens. Fresh to locally strong winds and building seas will follow the front through Sun night, with fresh to strong winds persisting near Veracruz through Mon evening. High pressure will again settle over the region by Tue and change little through Thu night. The pressure gradient between the high pressure and lower pressure over the southern Plains is expected to increase SE winds in the western Gulf starting on Thu. .OVERNIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...High pressure over the region will remain through Sun night supporting mainly gentle to moderate winds. A cold front is forecast to move over the waters east of northeast Florida Sun night, then reach from 31N72W to near Jupiter, Florida Mon evening, from near 31N69W to the central Bahamas Tue evening, from near Bermuda to the southeastern Bahamas Wed evening, then weaken to a nearly stationary trough on Thu and Thu night from 31N62W to 25N65W and to near the Dominican Republic. Fresh to strong winds, locally near gale-force near 31N, are forecast to accompany the front N of 27N through Tue, along with building seas. Otherwise, seas will be mainly slight to moderate throughout. .OVERNIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N. Scattered showers. .MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and W 10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N. .MON NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 6 to 8 ft N of 27N. .TUE...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft S of 27N, and 6 to 8 ft N of 27N. .TUE NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU...E winds 10 to 15 kt. S of 27N, seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. N of 27N, seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. S of 27N, seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft late. N of 27N, seas 3 to 4 ft.