000 FZNT25 KNHC 012112 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 512 PM EDT THU MAY 1 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 THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO 25N89W WHERE IT BECOMES STATIONARY TO INLAND MEXICO AT 18N93W. THE COLD FRONT PORTION WILL SLOWLY PROGRESS EASTWARD REACHING FROM NEAR 29N83W TO 26N88W AND STATIONARY TO 19N94W TONIGHT...FROM JUST N OF TAMPA TO 26NE OF 90W AND STATIONARY TO 19N94W EARLY FRI...THEN STALL THROUGH EARLY SAT. WEAK LOW PRES IS EXPECTED TO FORM ON THE FRONT NEAR 25N86W EARLY ON SAT...AND TRACK NE THROUGH SAT NIGHT AS HIGH PRES BUILDS EASTWARD BEHIND THE FRONT. THIS SHOULD ALLOW THE FRONT TO MOVE SE OF THE GULF SAT NIGHT. HIGH PRES WILL THEN BECOME ESTABLISHED ACROSS THE GULF INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. .FRI...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING S AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. .SAT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED TSTMS. .SAT THROUGH TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE EXTENDING FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL WEAKEN THIS EVENING ALLOWING A COLD FRONT TO MOVE OFFSHORE THE NE FLORIDA AND SE GEORGIA COASTS TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE NW WATERS FRI THROUGH SAT NIGHT...THEN MOVE EASTWARD EARLY ON SUN REACHING FROM NEAR 31N75W TO S FLORIDA SUN. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N65W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS BY SUN NIGHT...AND MOVE ACROSS THE SE WATERS AS A DISSIPATING FRONT MON AND MON NIGHT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND S 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SAT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND W 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .SAT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .SUN THROUGH TUE...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.