000 FZNT25 KNHC 122038 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 338 PM EST WED FEB 12 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 COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM A 1009 MB AREA OF LOW PRES LOCATED NEAR 30N86W TO THE SW GULF NEAR 20N97W. THE LOW AND FRONT WILL MOVE NE AND E OF THE AREA BY THU MORNING. GALE FORCE WINDS IN THE SW GULF BEHIND THE FRONT WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT AND PREVAIL THROUGH FRI. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF FRI NIGHT MOVING E OF THE AREA SAT NIGHT. HIGH PRES DOMINATES THE GULF AGAIN SUN THROUGH MON. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W TO NW 20 TO 25 KT BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT BEHIND FRONT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED TSTMS. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR TSTMS. .THU...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 8 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN NW SWELL...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .FRI...NE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...SHIFTING TO SE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN NW SWELL...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING W 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT WILL PREVAIL OVER THE N WATERS BEFORE LIFTING N AS A WARM FRONT LATE THIS EVENING. LOW PRES IN THE NE GULF WATERS WILL SHIFT TOWARD THE U.S. MID ATLC STATES DRAGGING A COLD FRONT INTO THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM NEAR 31N78W TO SOUTH FLORIDA BY THU MORNING AND RAPIDLY SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS THE FORECAST REGION REACHING FROM 31N66W TO CENTRAL CUBA BY FRI MORNING WHERE IT WILL STALL AND BECOME DIFFUSE FRI NIGHT. GALE FORCE SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL SET UP AHEAD OF THE FRONT N OF 28N SPREADING EASTWARD THROUGH THU NIGHT WHILE A BRIEF PERIOD OF GALES ALSO FOLLOWS THE FRONT N OF 29N. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL CLIP THE FAR NORTHERN WATERS SAT WITH HIGH PRES BUILDING ACROSS THE ENTIRE BASIN SUN THROUGH MON. ...GALE WARNING N OF 28N... .TONIGHT...S OF 28N...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SW 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 28N...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING SW 25 TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...BUILDING TO 7 TO 11 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED TSTMS. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR TSTMS. .THU...S OF 28N...SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. N OF 28N...W WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .THU NIGHT...S OF 28N...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 28N...W WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .FRI...S OF 27N...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 5 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING SW 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT... INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .SAT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.