000 FZNT25 KNHC 170816 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 416 AM EDT THU JUL 17 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 EXTENDING FROM THE FLORIDA STRAITS TO THE NW GULF WILL SHIFT NE WITH A HIGH PRESSURE CENTER FORMING ALONG THE RIDGE ON FRI NIGHT OVER THE NE GULF WHERE IT WILL MEANDER THROUGH MON. .TODAY...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED TSTMS. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .FRI...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING E IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. .MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE EXTENDING FROM 30N65W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA WILL RETRACT NE ON FRI NIGHT AND CREST OVER THE NW BAHAMAS BY SAT. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW WATERS TODAY AND STALL TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT NEAR 30N77W ON FRI AND PERSIST THROUGH EARLY SAT. REMNANTS OF THE LOW AND FRONT WILL MOVE W ON SUN AS THE RIDGE REBUILDS W ALONG 30N TO THE NE FLORIDA ON MON. .TODAY...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED TSTMS. .TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SW WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT... BECOMING S AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT... SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .FRI...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT IN THE MORNING. WINDS NW IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT IN THE MORNING. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .MON...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.