000 FZNT27 KNHC 110916 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 416 AM EST Sun Feb 11 2018 ...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed Coastal Waters Forecasts... .SYNOPSIS...Southerly return flow dominates the Gulf region ahead of the next cold front forecast to enter the NW Gulf early this morning. The front will reach a position from SE Louisiana to just south of Brownsvile, Texas by this evening, and from the western Florida Panhandle to the central Bay of Campeche by Mon evening, where it will stall and gradually weaken. Fresh to strong northerly winds and buiding seas to 8 ft will follow the front tonight and Mon. The remnants of the front may lift nortward on Tue while a trough will remain over the SW Gulf. Northwest Gulf of Mexico ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY... .TODAY...SW winds 15 to 20 kt, shifting to NW to N 20 to 25 kt late. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Visibility less than 1 nm within 20 nm of the coast. .TONIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .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 to 4 ft. .WED...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU...S winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU NIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico .TODAY...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and thunderstorms. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .MON...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .THU NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.