000 FZNT25 KNHC 110845 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 445 AM EDT SAT OCT 11 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 AXIS EXTENDING FROM NEAR APALACHEE BAY TO GALVESTON TEXAS WILL MAINTAIN RETURN FLOW ACROSS THE BASIN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE NW GULF MON...MOVING OFFSHORE MON NIGHT AND QUICKLY EXTENDING FROM THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER TO TAMPICO MEXICO TUE MORNING...AND THEN FROM NEAR SW FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA WED. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE BEHIND THE FRONT IN THE SW GULF TUE AFTERNOON INTO TUE NIGHT. .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT TO 20 KT STRAITS OF FLORIDA. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...EXCEPT TO 6 FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT TO 20 KT STRAITS OF FLORIDA. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...EXCEPT TO 6 FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA. .SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT TO 20 KT STRAITS OF FLORIDA. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...EXCEPT TO 6 FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...EXCEPT TO 6 FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA. .MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .TUE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...SUBTROPICAL STORM FAY NEAR 26.7N 64.7W 1000 MB AT 11/0900 UTC MOVING N AT 10 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT. FAY IS FORECAST TO SLIGHTLY STRENGTHEN LATER TODAY WHILE CONTINUING TO THE N REACHING 29.1N 64.7W THIS AFTERNOON... THEN MOVING N OF THE AREA TO 32.2N 63.4W LATE TONIGHT WHILE TURNING MORE TO THE NNE. OTHERWISE...A RIDGE WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE WATERS W OF 70W THROUGH TUE. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW PORTION TUE NIGHT EXTENDING FROM 31N70W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS WED NIGHT. .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED TSTMS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND E 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED TSTMS. .SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND E 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .WED...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.