000 FZNT25 KNHC 222032 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 432 PM EDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...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 CENTERED ACROSS S GEORGIA WILL SHIFT EASTWARD INTO THE W ATLANTIC THROUGH TONIGHT. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL DOMINATE THE BASIN THROUGH WED. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY THU AND RACE SOUTHWARD IN THE WESTERN GULF THU...AND EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO VERACRUZ MEXICO THU EVENING WITH STRONG N WINDS EXPECTED W OF THE FRONT ALONG THE COAST OF MEXICO. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN AND STALL FROM TAMPA BAY THROUGH 25N90W TO BAY OF CAMPECHE FRI...THEN DRIFT W AND DISSIPATE SAT. RETURN FLOW WILL AGAIN DOMINATE LATE SAT INTO EARLY SUN AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF SUN. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .WED...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT IN THE EVENING...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. .FRI...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 26N65W TO EASTERN CUBA WILL STALL FROM 24N65W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE TONIGHT THEN DRIFT W AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATE WED. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT EASTWARD ALONG 30N-31N AND PASS N OF THE AREA AND INTO THE CENTRAL ATLANTIC THROUGH THU. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST FRI...THEN BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY FROM 31N74W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA FRI NIGHT THROUGH SAT...DISSIPATING SAT NIGHT WITH HIGH PRES BUILDING BACK IN FROM THE E ON SUN AND SUN NIGHT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND E TO SE 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .THU NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.