259 FZNT25 KNHC 181532 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1032 AM EST Sat Jan 18 2025 ...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...Fresh SW winds over the northern Gulf will continue today ahead of deepening low pressure in the south-central United States. A cold front associated with the aforementioned low will enter the NW Gulf today, followed by gradually increasing NW to N winds. Winds are forecast to increase to strong speeds by early Sun as the pressure gradient tightens between the front and building strong high pressure over the central U.S. Gale-force winds are expected Sun and Sun night in the southwestern Gulf offshore of Tampico and Veracruz. Looking ahead, low pressure is expected to form over the NW Gulf early next week. The low will track eastward through mid-week dragging a cold front across the entire basin. Near gale to gale-force N to NE winds are expected to move into most of the northern and western Gulf early next week accompanied by rough to very rough seas. Mariners are urged to exercise caution across the basin, including outside of the gale condition affected zones, due to the expansive area of strong to near-gale force winds and rough seas associated with these consecutive strong frontal systems. .TODAY...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TONIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...SW to W winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TUE...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt, shifting to N 20 to 25 kt after midnight. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .WED...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in NE swell. .WED NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...Fresh to strong NW winds associated with a cold front that extends from the central Atlantic to the NE zones will shift E of 55W early this afternoon. Rough seas produced by these winds will lag behind the front before also shifting E of 55W tonight. Moderate to fresh trades will prevail elsewhere S of 23N through the period, with winds pulsing to strong speeds east of the Windward Islands at times. Fresh to locally strong S winds and rough seas are off the Florida coast N of 24N in advance of a stationary front that is offshore of the southeastern U.S. coast and northeast Florida. Low pressure along the front will track NE this afternoon and move well N of the forecast waters. A cold front will move into the northwestern waters on Sun inducing fresh to strong southwest winds ahead of the front and northwest winds behind it N of 27N. Looking ahead, a strong cold front is expected to move off the southeastern U.S. coast early next week, followed by strong to near-gale force north winds and building seas north of Cuba and west of 70W. .TODAY...S winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and S to SW 20 to 25 kt N of 27N. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and SW 15 to 20 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and SW 20 to 25 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers. .SUN NIGHT...S of 27N, SW to W winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to NW to N after midnight. N of 27N, W to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to S 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.