000 FZNT25 KNHC 060846 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 346 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...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...A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 30N86W TO 26N90W TO 22N96W TO 21N97W WILL REACH FROM 26N82W TO 20N94W TO 18N94W BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...PUSHING SE OF THE BASIN THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED GALE FORCE WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE CENTRAL...SE...AND SW GULF WATERS BEHIND THE FRONT...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF WATERS. STRONG SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP ACROSS THE NW GULF WATERS TUE NIGHT...DIMINISHING SLIGHTLY BY LATE WED...WITH MODERATE TO FRESH RETURN FLOW ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE GULF WED THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. ...GALE WARNING... .TODAY...W OF FRONT...NW TO N WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT...BUILDING TO 8 TO 12 FT LATE. E OF FRONT...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 TO 35 KT...DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 30 KT N OF 25N LATE. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 KT S OF 25N EARLY. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT...SUBSIDING TO 7 TO 10 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW PORTION BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...REACHING FROM 31N71W TO 27N74W TO 23N79W BY LATE TONIGHT...THEN STALLING FROM NEAR 29N65W TO 27N67W TO 22N77W BY LATE TUE NIGHT. GALE FORCE NORTHERLY WINDS WILL ARRIVE BEHIND THE FRONT N OF 27N W OF 71W. THE REMNANTS OF THE FRONT WILL GRADUALLY LIFT BACK TO THE NW AND N THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. ...GALE WARNING... .TODAY...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...BECOMING W TO NW 25 TO 35 KT BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...BUILDING TO 8 TO 12 FT BEHIND FRONT. .TONIGHT...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N 20 TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. FREQUENT GUSTS WITHIN 60 NM OF SHORE AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT. .TUE...S OF 27N...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT... SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 8 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. N OF 27N...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.