000 FZNT27 KNHC 070941 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 441 AM EST Sun Jan 7 2024 ...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed Coastal Waters Forecasts... .SYNOPSIS...A cold front extends from Ft. Myers, FL to 25N85W, where it becomes a stationary front to the SW Bay of Campeche near 20N96W. The cold front will become stationary early this evening from the Straits of Florida to 20N95W. The front will then move northward across the basin as a warm front tonight through early Mon, accompanied by scattered showers and thunderstorms, as southeasterly winds increase to strong to near gale force across much of the basin. A very strong cold front will enter the western Gulf of Mexico early Mon evening, reach from Pensacola, FL to Veracruz, Mexico early Tue, from near Ft. Myers, FL to Cancun, Mexico Tue evening, and move southeast of the basin late Tue night. Gale force winds are expected to begin by late Mon morning over the north-central Gulf, with gusts reaching strong gale force speeds. Near-gale force winds are expected for most of the Gulf of Mexico on both sides of the front, Mon through Tue, with several areas experiencing sustained gale force winds. A squall line containing severe thunderstorms is likely to occur over the northern Gulf of Mexico just prior to the frontal passage. Conditions quiet down Wed through Thu as high pressure shifts E across the central Gulf in the wake of the front. Northwest Gulf of Mexico ...GALE WARNING... ...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE TUE... .TODAY...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TONIGHT...E to SE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Slight chance of showers. .MON...SE to S winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft in SE swell. Scattered showers and chance of tstms. .MON NIGHT...S to SW winds 25 to 35 kt, shifting to W 25 to 35 kt after midnight. Seas 9 to 14 ft in E to SE swell. Scattered showers and chance of tstms. .TUE...W to NW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft in W to NW swell. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 25 to 30 kt, diminishing to 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 7 to 10 ft in W swell. .WED...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to S 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico ...GALE WARNING... ...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE TUE... .TODAY...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TONIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers. .MON...E to SE winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft, becoming 9 to 14 ft in SE swell in the afternoon. Scattered showers and chance of tstms. .MON NIGHT...SE to S winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 11 to 16 ft in SE swell. Scattered showers and chance of tstms. .TUE...S to SW winds 30 to 40 kt, shifting to W 25 to 35 kt in the afternoon. Seas 12 to 16 ft in S to SW swell. .TUE NIGHT...W to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 10 to 15 ft in W swell. .WED...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in SW to W swell. .WED NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in SW to W swell. .THU...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.