000 FZNT25 KNHC 130835 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 435 AM EDT TUE MAY 13 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 RIDGE JUST N OF THE NE GULF WILL SHIFT EASTWARD AS A STRONG COLD FRONT OVER TEXAS APPROACHES. THE FRONT WILL BREACH THE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS LATER TODAY...EXTENDING FROM 29N95W TO 26N97W TO 21.5N97W LATE TONIGHT...FROM 30N89W TO 25N92W TO 18N93W LATE THU NIGHT...PUSHING E OF THE GULF AND SE OF THE YUCATAN CHANNEL BY EARLY FRI MORNING. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT ALONG THE COAST OF VERACRUZ STARTING WED MORNING AND PERSISTING S OF 22N THROUGH THU AFTERNOON. .TODAY...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .TONIGHT...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...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .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 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...A SURFACE TROUGH WILL CONTINUE MOVING W THROUGH THE BAHAMAS THIS MORNING...MOVING W OF THE AREA BY TONIGHT. HIGH PRES RIDGING BUILDS IN THE WAKE OF THE TROUGH WITH RETURN FLOW DOMINATING THROUGH WED NIGHT. A COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED LOW PRES WILL APPROACH THE NW PORTION THU MORNING. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N79W TO E CENTRAL FLORIDA FRI MORNING...THEN FROM 31N74W TO ACROSS THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS TO CENTRAL CUBA BY SAT MORNING. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD IN FROM THE W IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT DURING THE WEEKEND. .TODAY...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. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. .WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.