000 FZNT27 KNHC 202007 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 407 PM EDT Fri Oct 20 2017 ...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed Coastal Waters Forecasts... .SYNOPSIS...High pressure will continue to extend from the Mid- Atlantic states southwestward to the northern Gulf of Mexico waters through Sunday night, as a cold front moves off the Texas coast. Fresh E winds in the northern Gulf waters will become SE across the NW Gulf waters this morning, continue through Saturday, then become light southerly flow just ahead of the Sunday evening cold front for the Texas coast. The front is expected to reach from near Apalachicola FLorida to the eastern Bay of Campeche by Monday evening, from near Fort Myers Florida to the N central Yucatan Peninsula by Tuesday evening. Strong high pressure will build southeastward across the area in the wake of the front with fresh to locally strong northerly winds spreading from W to E across the forecast waters. Northwest Gulf of Mexico .TONIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. .SAT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. .SAT NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .SUN...S winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 5 to 10 kt late in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers thunderstorms ahead of front. .SUN NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico .TONIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. .SAT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. .SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. .SUN...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .SUN NIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.