000 FZNT25 KNHC 170910 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 510 AM EDT FRI OCT 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...HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL OVER THE GULF WATERS THROUGH SAT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE N WATERS EARLY SUN AND BECOME DIFFUSE FROM TAMPA BAY TO THE EASTERN TEXAS COAST SUN NIGHT. AN AREA OF LOW PRES IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE SW GULF BY MON AND DRIFT E TUE. .TODAY...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 2 FT IN THE MORNING... BECOMING 2 FT OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SUN...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE GONZALO NEAR 29.3N 66.8W 946 MB AT 0900 UTC OCT 17 MOVING NNE OR 025 DEG AT 13 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 115 KT GUSTS 140 KT. GONZALO IS FORECAST TO REMAIN A MAJOR HURRICANE AS IT MOVES N OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH WINDS AND SEAS OVER THE NE WATERS GRADUALLY DECREASING THROUGH SAT NIGHT. OTHERWISE...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 31N71W THROUGH THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS TO CENTRAL CUBA WILL SLOWLY DISSIPATE AS IT DRIFTS SOUTHWARD TODAY. A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST EARLY SUN. THE COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM BERMUDA TO NEAR CAPE CANAVERAL EARLY MON...AND WILL SLOWLY DISSIPATE THROUGH TUE. .TODAY...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. .TONIGHT...S OF 27N...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 5 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT IN THE EVENING... BECOMING 2 FT OR LESS. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT... SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT...N WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT S OF 27N...AND W 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. .SUN...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. 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 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.