000 FZNT27 KNHC 141028 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 628 AM EDT Mon Mar 14 2022 ...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed Coastal Waters Forecasts... .SYNOPSIS...A surface ridge extending from high pressure off the Carolinas to northern Mexico will continue to dominate the Gulf through early Tue evening. This pattern will continue to support moderate to fresh with locally strong easterly winds and higher seas across the southern Gulf this morning. Winds and seas will diminish across the basin by this evening. For the western Gulf, fresh E to SE return flow will set up in advance of the next cold front. The front will enter the far NW Gulf early Tue morning, and reach from the western Florida panhandle to the eastern Bay of Campeche by late Tue. Fresh winds accompanying this front will diminish by mid week. Northwest Gulf of Mexico .TODAY...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TONIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Scattered showers. .TUE...W winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to N 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico .TODAY...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TONIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers. .TUE...SE winds 15 to 20 kt, shifting to S to SW in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Scattered tstms. .TUE NIGHT...SW to W winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED...W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .THU NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight. .FRI...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft.