000 FZNT27 KNHC 022044 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 344 PM EST Thu Jan 2 2020 ...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed Coastal Waters Forecasts... .SYNOPSIS...A frontal system extends across the western Gulf. The front will move eastward today, reaching from the western Florida Panhandle to Veracruz Mexico by Fri afternoon. A reinforcing front will move off the Texas coast tonight, reaching from southwest Louisiana to northeast Mexico by Fri afternoon. Both fronts will move east of the Gulf by Sat afternoon. Expect increasing winds and building seas across the Gulf both ahead and behind of the fronts as they move across the Gulf waters. Winds and seas will diminish by early next week as high pressure builds over the Gulf in the wake of the second front. Northwest Gulf of Mexico .TONIGHT...SW winds 20 to 25 kt, becoming S to SW 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 ft in SE to S swell. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .FRI...SW to W winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 20 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming SW to W 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW to N 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico .TONIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .FRI...S to SW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .FRI NIGHT...W to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT...W to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in S swell. .SAT NIGHT...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in SW to W swell. .SUN...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...W winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to NW to N 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.