000 FZNT25 KNHC 120841 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 441 AM EDT SUN OCT 12 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 FROM THE NE GULF TO E CENTRAL TEXAS WILL MAINTAIN RETURN FLOW ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TODAY. RETURN FLOW INCREASES IN THE NW GULF TONIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST MON EVENING...QUICKLY REACHING FROM THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER TO LA PUNTA DE CABO ROJO MEXICO EARLY TUE MORNING THEN GRADUALLY WEAKENING FROM NEAR CAPE CORAL FLORIDA TO THE N CENTRAL YUCATAN PENINSULA WED MORNING...PUSHING JUST SE OF THE AREA WHILE BECOMING DIFFUSE THROUGH THU. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE BEHIND THE FRONT NEAR THE COAST OF VERACRUZ TUE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...EXCEPT TO 6 FT NEAR STRAITS OF FLORIDA. ISOLATED TSTMS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...EXCEPT TO 6 FT NEAR STRAITS OF FLORIDA. ISOLATED TSTMS. .MON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT TO 6 FT NEAR STRAITS OF FLORIDA. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .TUE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .WED...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM FAY N OF THE AREA NEAR 32.3N 63.7W 989 MB AT 12/0900 UTC MOVING NNE AT 17 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 60 KT WITH GUSTS TO 75 KT. FAY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA WHILE ACCELERATING TODAY. OTHERWISE...A RIDGE WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE WATERS W OF 70W THROUGH TUE NIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW PORTION WED REACHING FROM 31N73W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS THU NIGHT. MEANWHILE...LOW PRES...POSSIBLY A TROPICAL CYCLONE...IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE LEEWARD ISLANDS TONIGHT INTO MON...AND NEAR PUERTO RICO AND THE MONA PASSAGE LATER DURING MON AND MON NIGHT. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO TURN NW AND REACH THE WATERS NE OF THE SE BAHAMAS WED AND THU. .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND E 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .WED...S WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .THU...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.