000 FZNT27 KNHC 280351 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1051 PM EST Tue Feb 27 2024 ...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed Coastal Waters Forecasts... .SYNOPSIS...High pressure across the western Atlantic extends a ridge SW across central Florida and westward into the western Gulf. The ridge will continue to shift E, allowing a cold front to move into the NW Gulf of Mexico Wed afternoon. Ahead of the front, fresh to locally strong southerly winds will prevail tonight over the Gulf W of 85W. Patchy fog is also possible ahead of the front offshore Texas. The cold front will sink into the northern Gulf Wed night into Thu, then stall from near Tampa Bay to just N of Tampico, Mexico, Thu night, before lifting N on Fri. Northwest Gulf of Mexico ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY... .TONIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Patchy fog. .WED...S winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to SW to W 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Patchy fog. .WED NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .FRI...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN...SE winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico .TONIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED...S to SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NE 20 to 25 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI NIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SE winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN...SE winds 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft in the afternoon. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.