000 FZNT25 KNHC 230840 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 440 AM EDT Tue Jul 23 2024 ...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed Coastal Waters Forecasts... Southeast Gulf of Mexico .SYNOPSIS...High pressure will persist across the Gulf of Mexico through the forecast period sustaining gentle to moderate winds and slight to moderate seas. Winds will freshen up at night off NW Yucatan over the next several days. A pair of surface troughs in the western Gulf waters will support scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms over the next few days. The storm activity will be further enhanced by a tropical wave that will reach the Yucatan Peninsula today, then move westward into the Bay of Campeche. .TODAY...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .WED...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .THU...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...The subtropical ridge over the central Atlantic will dominate the forecast waters into the weekend. The pressure gradient will support moderate to fresh easterly winds south of 25N, with winds pulsing to strong speeds during the afternoons and evenings off the northern coast of Hispaniola through Thu. A surface trough over central Florida and the western Atlantic area and divergence aloft results in scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms W of 77W. This storm activity will continue over the next day or two. .TODAY...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and SE 10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and SE 10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and SE 10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.