000 FZNT27 KNHC 182125 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 425 PM EST Fri Nov 18 2022 ...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed Coastal Waters Forecasts... .SYNOPSIS...A frontal boundary has stalled across the NW Caribbean. A sharp surface trough extends from the Yucatan Peninsula near 19.5N91W to 1017 mb low pres near 21N95W to extreme S Texas. High pressure to the north of the area is supporting strong winds to the north of the trough to 27N, and to the W of the trough to the Mexican coast. The low and trough will drift N over the weekend. The pressure gradient between this low pres and new high pres across the south-central U.S. will strengthen the winds and produce strong to gale force winds across much of the Gulf of Mexico Sat afternoon through Sun night. Conditions will improve modestly on Mon and then significantly Tue through Wed. Northwest Gulf of Mexico ...GALE WARNING SAT AND SAT NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in E swell. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT...NE to E winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft in E swell. Showers and scattered tstms. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft in E swell. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SUN...NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft in E swell. Chance of showers. .SUN NIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft in E swell. .MON...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in E swell. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in E swell. .TUE...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in E swell. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .WED...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico ...GALE WARNING SAT NIGHT... .TONIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Chance of showers. .SAT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Chance of showers and isolated tstms. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Scattered tstms. .SUN...NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NE to E swell. Chance of showers and isolated tstms. .SUN NIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in E swell. .MON...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TUE...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .WED...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.