000 FZNT25 KNHC 312143 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 543 PM EDT SUN AUG 31 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 TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 88W S OF 24N WILL EMERGE INTO THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE SW GULF LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MON WITH WEAK LOW PRESSURE FORMING ALONG THE WAVE. THE LOW WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE AS IT MOVES W TO NW THROUGH TUE NIGHT...AND APPROACHES THE COAST OF MEXICO ON WED. FRESH TO STRONG SE WINDS WITH BUILDING SEAS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE W CENTRAL PART OF THE GULF BY MON AFTERNOON BETWEEN THE LOW PRES AND RIDGING ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN PORTION. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .WED...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .THU...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. .THU NIGHT...E 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. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE WILL DOMINATE THE AREA THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. IT WILL MAINTAIN GENERALLY LIGHT TO MODERATE E TO SE FLOW THROUGH MID WEEK EXCEPT FOR OCCASIONALLY MODERATE TO FRESH TRADE WINDS IN THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS...TURKS AND CAICOS AND OFF HISPANIOLA. A WEAK TROUGH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE SE BAHAMAS MON AND MON NIGHT...THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS TUE AND TUE NIGHT...AND THE NW BAHAMAS WED BEFORE MOVING ACROSS S FLORIDA WED NIGHT INTO THU. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND E 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .WED...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.