000 FZNT25 KNHC 160923 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 423 AM EST SUN FEB 16 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...WEAK COLD FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO 24N90W WILL DRIFT S AND DISSIPATE ACROSS NW CUBA TONIGHT. HIGH PRES CENTERED ACROSS EXTREME NE GULF WITH RIDGE EXTENDING W-SW TO S TEXAS WILL DRIFT E AND TONIGHT THROUGH MON...WHILE RIDGE REMAINS IN PLACE THROUGH WED...RESULTING IN SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW ACROSS W AND NW PORTIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD. .TODAY...NE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...WEAK COLD FRONT MOVING SE ACROSS AREA EXTENDS FROM 30N65W TO NEAR NASSAU BAHAMAS THROUGH STRAITS OF FLORIDA...WHILE OLD COLD FRONT PERSISTS FROM 29N65W TO E CUBA. FRONTS TO MOVE SLOWLY SE AND GRADUALLY MERGE THROUGH MON MORNING...EXTENDING FROM 26N65W TO E END OF CUBA...WHERE IT WILL STALL AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH WED. LARGE NW SWELL GENERATED BEHIND FRONT WILL MOVE SE THROUGH REGIONAL WATERS TODAY THROUGH TUE. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS THE NW ATLC MON AND TUE AND THEN AGAIN ON THU. .TODAY...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .MON NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT... BECOMING E 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .THU...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.