299 
FZNT27 KNHC 080940
OFFN06

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
440 AM EST Fri Dec 8 2023

...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available
through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed
Coastal Waters Forecasts...

.SYNOPSIS...Moderate to locally fresh return flow is expected
today through Sat. A strong cold front will enter the NW Gulf
Sat evening. The front will reach from Mobile, AL to Tuxpan,
Mexico Sun morning, from Cedar Key, FL to Merida, Mexico in the
NW Yucatan Sun evening, and exit the basin Mon morning. Strong
to gale force winds are expected behind the front across the
western Gulf, from offshore southern Texas southward to the Bay
of Campeche Sat night through Sun evening. A line of strong 
thunderstorms is likely to accompany the cold front as it moves 
across the Gulf of Mexico. Winds and seas will gradually subside 
across the basin late Mon. 

Northwest Gulf of Mexico

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers.
.TONIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SAT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of showers
and slight chance of tstms. 
.SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming W to NW 25 to
35 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft, building to 6 to 9 ft 
after midnight. Scattered showers and chance of tstms. 
.SUN...NW to N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NW to N
swell. 
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt, diminishing to 10 to 15 kt
after midnight. Seas 6 to 9 ft in N swell. 
.MON...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TUE...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.  

North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico

.TODAY...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building
to 3 ft in the afternoon. Chance of showers and slight chance of
tstms. 
.TONIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered
showers and slight chance of tstms. 
.SAT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Chance of
showers and slight chance of tstms. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
Scattered showers and chance of tstms. 
.SUN...SW winds 15 to 20 kt, shifting to W to NW 20 to 25 kt in
the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in W to NW
swell. 
.MON...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TUE...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.