000 FZNT27 KNHC 190901 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 501 AM EDT Thu Sep 19 2024 ...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed Coastal Waters Forecasts... .SYNOPSIS...Weak surface ridging over the Gulf waters will support gentle to locally moderate easterly winds and slight seas through the upcoming weekend. Moderate winds may pulse in the eastern Bay of Campeche nightly through the next several days. A cold front is forecast to clip the far NE waters today into Fri with little change in winds and seas. Looking ahead, a broad area of low pressure could form late this weekend or early next week over the western and NW Caribbean Sea. Thereafter, gradual development of this system is possible, and a tropical depression could form as the system moves slowly to the N or NW over the NW Caribbean Sea and into the SE Gulf of Mexico through the middle part of next week. Regardless of development, winds and seas will start increasing across the SE Gulf by late Mon. Northwest Gulf of Mexico .TODAY...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to NE to E in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .TONIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .FRI...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .FRI NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight. .SUN...E to SE winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight. North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico .TODAY...N winds less than 5 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TONIGHT...N winds less than 5 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI NIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight.