000 FZNT27 KNHC 050134 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 934 PM EDT Fri Oct 4 2024 ...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed Coastal Waters Forecasts... .SYNOPSIS...Gusty winds and locally rough seas are active near numerous showers and thunderstorms persisting over portions of the SW Gulf, near a broad area of area of low pressure. This pattern will maintain fresh to strong NW winds off the coast of Veracruz through at least Sat. The low pressure may continue to develop over the next several days, supporting moderate to fresh winds across the northern and western Gulf through Sat night. Looking ahead, the low pressure may develop further as moves eastward or northeastward across the Gulf of Mexico, to the south of a frontal boundary moving into the northern Gulf. The low may develop into a tropical or subtropical depression or storm late this weekend or early next week as it moves into the eastern Gulf. Regardless of development, increasing winds and building seas are forecast including behind the frontal boundary and near the low with thunderstorms increasing in activity and potentially impacting most of the basin. Northwest Gulf of Mexico .OVERNIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SUN...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico .OVERNIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SUN...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SUN NIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .WED...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.