000 FZNT27 KNHC 270849 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 349 AM EST Fri Dec 27 2019 ...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed Coastal Waters Forecasts... .SYNOPSIS...Fresh easterly winds persist over the eastern Gulf between a trough over the south central Gulf and high pressure over the western Atlantic. The moist and relatively warm east flow also is supporting patchy fog over the north central and northwest Gulf. The trough will drift into the western Gulf later today then dissipate late Fri. Fresh to occasional strong southerly return flow will set up over the northwest Gulf Sat, ahead of a cold front expected to enter the northwest Gulf Sat night and Sun. Fresh to strong wind will follow the front as it reaches from the Florida Big Bend to near Veracruz, Mexico Mon, before stalling from the Straits of Florida to the Bay of Campeche by late Tue. Northwest Gulf of Mexico ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY... .TODAY...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Areas of dense fog through 9 am CST within 20 nm of shore from Matagorda Bay TX to Vermilion Bay LA. Elsewhere patchy fog with visibility 4 to 6 nm. .TONIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Patchy fog with visibility 4 to 6 nm. .SAT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Patchy fog with visibility 4 to 6 nm. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Patchy fog with visibility 4 to 6 nm. .SUN...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY... .TODAY...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Areas of dense fog through 9 am CST within 20 nm of shore from Port Fourchon LA to Boothville LA. Elsewhere patchy fog with visibility 4 to 6 nm. .TONIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers. .SAT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to W after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.