000 FZNT25 KNHC 120834 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 434 AM EDT MON MAY 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...MODERATE TO FRESH RETURN FLOW WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TUE MORNING WITH RIDGING JUST NE OF THE AREA. A SURFACE TROUGH WILL ENTER THE SE GULF THROUGH THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TUE NIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW GULF TUE NIGHT EXTENDING FROM SE LOUISIANA TO THE SW GULF WED EVENING...FROM NEAR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE N CENTRAL YUCATAN PENINSULA THU EVENING... MOVING E OF THE GULF WHILE MERGING WITH THE TROUGH THROUGH FRI. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE W CENTRAL GULF W OF 96W AND SW GULF WED AND WED NIGHT. .TODAY...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .THU...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE ALONG 31N WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT N OF THE AREA AS A TROUGH S OF 24N ALONG 72W MOVES WESTWARD. THE TROUGH WILL REACH ALONG 74W LATE THIS MORNING...MOVING W THROUGH THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TUE. RIDGING WILL RETURN IN THE WAKE OF THE TROUGH TUE NIGHT INTO THU MORNING. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN MOVE INTO THE NW PORTION EXTENDING FROM 31N79W TO THE FLORIDA SPACE COAST FRI MORNING...THEN FROM 31N75W TO CENTRAL CUBA BY SAT MORNING. .TODAY...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT S OF 27N...AND E 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED TSTMS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .TUE...S OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. N OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .FRI...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT IN MIXED SE AND NW SWELL. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.