000 FZNT27 KNHC 012114 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 414 PM EST Sat Dec 1 2018 ...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed Coastal Waters Forecasts... .SYNOPSIS...Fresh to near gale force south-southwest winds are across the north-central and NE Gulf, ahead of a cold front that is expected to come off the Texas coast later today. The front will stall from Pensacola, Florida to El Mezquital, Mexico on Sunday morning, and then move slowly northward through Monday. The front will merge with a reinforcing cold front that will move across central Florida on Tuesday, and reach south Florida on Wednesday. Strong high pressure building southward behind the front will induce strong northerly winds to the west of the reinforcing front, with near-gale to gale-force winds likely near Veracruz on Tuesday evening. Northwest Gulf of Mexico .TONIGHT...W to NW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming W 5 to 10 kt late in the night. Seas 5 to 7 ft in SE swell. .SUN...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in SE swell. .SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N 15 to 20 kt in the late morning and afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico .TONIGHT...S to SW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .SUN...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON...SW to W winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .MON NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 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 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft in the evening, subsiding to 2 ft or less.