000 FZNT25 KNHC 261527 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1127 AM EDT TUE AUG 26 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 TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO THE NE TEXAS COAST WILL MEANDER THROUGH EARLY THU. A RIDGE WILL DEVELOP FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO SE TEXAS THU NIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT. .THIS AFTERNOON...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED TSTMS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .THU...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE CRISTOBAL NEAR 27.4N 71.7W AT 11 AM EDT MOVING N OR 010 DEG AT 11 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 65 KT GUSTS TO 80 KT. CRISTOBAL IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY TO 70 KT GUSTS 85 KT NEAR 29.4N 71.3W AT 8 PM EDT TONIGHT...REACH NEAR 31.9N 70.7W AT 8 AM EDT WED...AND INTENSIFY TO 75 KT GUSTS 90 KT N OF AREA NEAR 33.9N 69.1W AT 8 PM EDT WED WITH ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS SHIFTING N OF THE AREA ON THU. A RIDGE WILL BUILD W ALONG 26N IN THE WAKE OF CRISTOBAL...WITH THE RIDGE SHIFTING TO THE NW WATERS ON SAT. A TROPICAL WAVE WILL PASS W THROUGH THE WATERS S OF 23N ON FRI THROUGH SUN. .THIS AFTERNOON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. ISOLATED TSTMS. .TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .WED...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .WED NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT... BECOMING S AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU...SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.