031 FZNT27 KNHC 131457 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1057 AM EDT Thu Sep 13 2018 ...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed Coastal Waters Forecasts... .SYNOPSIS...A broad area of low pressure in the central gulf will shift northwest and reach inland southeast Texas on Fri evening. Fresh to locally strong easterly winds are forecast over the northeast semicircle of the low. This system has a medium chance of becoming a tropical cyclone prior to reaching the Texas coast. A northwest to southeast orientated surface ridge will set up from central Louisiana to Florida Bay by early Sat, with a surface high developing along the ridge near 27N91W late Sat. The surface high will shift slightly south early next week as a surface trough passes slowly east across the north-central gulf waters. Northwest Gulf of Mexico .THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .TONIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .FRI...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .FRI NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft, subsiding to 3 ft after midnight. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .SAT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to NE after midnight. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...NW to N winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to SW to W after midnight. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...NW to N winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to SE to S after midnight. Seas 2 ft or less. North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico .THIS AFTERNOON...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .TONIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to SE late in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI NIGHT...NW to N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT...NW to N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON...SW to W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.