000 FZNT27 KNHC 101539 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1039 AM EST Sat Feb 10 2018 ...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed Coastal Waters Forecasts... .SYNOPSIS...A ridge dominates the Gulf producing mainly a gentle to moderate anticyclonic flow. Winds will become southerly today across much of the region ahead of the next cold front forecast to enter the NW Gulf Sun afternoon. The front will reach a position from SE Louisiana to near Brownsvile, Texas by Sun evening, and from the western Florida Panhandle to the central Bay of Campeche by Mon evening, where it will stall and weaken. Fresh to strong northerly winds and buiding seas to 8 ft will follow the front Sun night and Mon. Northwest Gulf of Mexico .TODAY...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .MON...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico .TODAY...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .SUN...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft in the afternoon. .WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.