000 FZNT27 KNHC 100225 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 925 PM EST Sat Dec 9 2017 ...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed Coastal Waters Forecasts... .SYNOPSIS...Strong post-frontal NW winds across the SE gulf waters will diminish from the NW to SE through Sun evening as a ridge axis sets up from SE Texas to the Straits of Florida, where it will meander through Wed. A surface high will shift E along the ridge axis beginning on Mon, with the high reaching the NE gulf waters on Wed night with the ridge then extending to the SW Gulf waters. A weak cold front will move E across the waters N of the ridge on Thu. Northwest Gulf of Mexico .TONIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft until late afternoon, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft in the afternoon. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .WED NIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to SE to S after midnight. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU NIGHT...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico .TONIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SUN...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...NW to N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU...NW winds less than 5 kt, shifting to SW in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU NIGHT...W winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight.