000 FZNT27 KNHC 231441 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1041 AM EDT Fri Oct 23 2020 ...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed Coastal Waters Forecasts... .SYNOPSIS...Moderate to fresh easterly winds will persist over the eastern Gulf through Sat. Low pressure may track northeastward from western Cuba across the extreme SE Gulf and Florida Straits Sun. This low has a medium chance of tropical formation. Regardless of development, heavy rain is possible over western Cuba and South Florida into early next week. A weak cold front will move into the NW Gulf Sat morning, weaken further into a surface trough from the northern Florida into the SW Gulf Sat night, then stall from South Florida to just north of the Yucatan by Sun night. Gentle to moderate return flow will establish across the basin on Mon. Northwest Gulf of Mexico .THIS AFTERNOON...NE to E winds less than 5 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft in E swell. Slight chance of tstms. .TONIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Slight chance of showers. .SAT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 to 4 ft after midnight. .MON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico .THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Chance of showers and isolated tstms. .SAT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. Chance of tstms. .SAT NIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the evening, subsiding to 2 ft or less.