000 FZNT25 KNHC 312114 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 514 PM EDT THU MAR 31 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...BROAD HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE EXTENDS FROM W ATLC INTO E GULF OF MEXICO AND IS PRODUCING SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW COVERING THE ENTIRE GULF. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE FAR NW WATERS ON FRI...THEN EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO NORTHERN MEXICO FRI NIGHT...FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE SAT NIGHT...AND JUST SE OF THE AREA SUN NIGHT. GALE FORCE WINDS WILL AFFECT THE SW WATERS W OF THE FRONT SAT. .TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SAT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .SAT NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO NW TO N LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...BROAD RIDGE WILL PREVAIL ACROSS W ATLC ALONG ABOUT 35N THROUGH SAT BEFORE RETREATING EASTWARD. THIS WILL ALLOW A COLD FRONT TO MOVE INTO THE NW WATERS SAT AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N74W TO E-CENTRAL FLORIDA SAT NIGHT... AND FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO SE FLORIDA BY LATE SUN THEN STALL FROM 28N65W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA BY LATE SUN. .TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS. .FRI...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N... AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE TO S 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. .SAT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .SAT NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. .SUN...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO N 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N... AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. .MON...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N... AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. .MON NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N.