000 FZNT27 KNHC 312010 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 310 PM EST Mon Dec 31 2018 ...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed Coastal Waters Forecasts... .SYNOPSIS...A cold front over the NW waters will move E overnight accompanied by by patchy to locally dense fog. The front will stall again from Mobile Bay to Tampico, Mexico late Tue. The front will drift back W over the NW gulf waters on Wed, then move E again as a cold front on Wed night, reaching from the Mississippi Delta to the Bay of Campeche on Thu, reaching from the Florida Big Bend to the Yucatan Peninsula on Fri, and finally move E of the area on Sat. Strong northerly winds are forecast to develop across the western gulf waters late Thu, increasing to near gale and even briefly to minimal gale force along the Mexican coast near Veracruz Mexico late Fri. A trough will develop over the western Yucatan Peninsula each afternoon through Fri, move W across the SW gulf during the overnight hours and lose identity by late each morning. Northwest Gulf of Mexico .TONIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Areas of fog. Scattered showers. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Areas of fog. Scattered showers. .WED...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to W 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico .TONIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Areas of fog. Scattered showers. .TUE...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Areas of fog. Scattered showers. .TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas of fog. Scattered showers. .WED...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .FRI...W winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft in the evening, subsiding to 2 ft or less.