000 FZNT27 KNHC 051518 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1118 AM EDT Thu Oct 5 2023 ...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed Coastal Waters Forecasts... .SYNOPSIS...High pressure continues to dominate the Gulf waters supporting moderate to fresh easterly winds over just about the entire basin. As the gradient slackens later today, this will allow for these winds to diminish to gentle to moderate speeds. Light to gentle winds are forecast elsewhere through Fri night. A pretty robust cold front for the early autumn season is expected to move across the northern Gulf Fri into Sat followed by fresh to strong winds and moderate seas. Northwest Gulf of Mexico .THIS AFTERNOON...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .FRI...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft, building to 5 to 7 ft in the afternoon. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico .THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TONIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.