000 FZNT27 KNHC 250204 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1004 PM EDT Thu Oct 24 2019 ...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed Coastal Waters Forecasts... NOTICE: The U.S. Coast Guard requests feedback on a proposal to migrate medium frequency NAVTEX broadcasts to satellite. See https://go.usa.gov/xVGpe and submit comments using instructions in the link above by November 12, 2019. .SYNOPSIS...Showers and thunderstorms associated with low pressure over the southwest Gulf of Mexico continue to organize, although the low doesn't have a well defined center. Further development is expected and the low has a high chance forming into a tropical depression later tonight or Friday. The low is expected to become post-tropical by Saturday or merge with a cold front that is currently approaching the NW Gulf of Mexico. By Fri night, this front will reach from Louisiana into the Bay of Campeche. To the west of the front, northerly gale force winds are expected Fri into early Saturday over the western Gulf of Mexico. Northwest Gulf of Mexico ...GALE WARNING... .OVERNIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Scattered tstms. .FRI...SE winds 25 to 30 kt, shifting to SW in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico ...GALE WARNING... .OVERNIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and slight chance of tstms. .FRI...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Showers and chance of tstms. .FRI NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Showers likely. .SAT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Showers likely. .SAT NIGHT...SW to W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...NW to N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...NE to E winds 5 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...NE to E winds less than 5 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft in the afternoon. .TUE NIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft.