000 FZNT27 KNHC 020259 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 959 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, E of a cold front that extends from south central Louisiana to 60 nm SE of Tampico Mexico. The front will become stationary from Pensacola, Florida to N Isthmus of Tehuantepec of Mexico on Sunday morning. The northern part of the front will continue on Monday from the Fl Panhandle to N coast of Mexico, and the S part of front will continue along Mexico coast southward. The front eventually 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 force winds near Veracruz on Tuesday evening. Northwest Gulf of Mexico .TONIGHT...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN...NW to N winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to NE to E in the late morning and afternoon. 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 winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N 15 to 20 kt in the late morning and afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .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 15 to 20 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. .SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers. .MON...SW to W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers. .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.