000 FZNT25 KNHC 021443 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1043 AM EDT SAT APR 2 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...A COLD FRONT FROM APALACHICOLA FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE SW GULF NEAR 18N94W WILL REACH FROM TAMPA BAY TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA THIS EVENING...THEN MOVE SLOWLY E THROUGH THE FLORIDA STRAITS LATE SUN. GALE FORCE WINDS ACROSS THE FAR W AND SW WATERS ALONG THE COAST OF MEXICO WILL DIMINISH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NW GULF WATERS ON SUN EVENING AND SPREAD E ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF BY LATE TUE NIGHT. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE N CENTRAL GULF ON WED NIGHT. .THIS AFTERNOON...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .SUN...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .TUE...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...AN E TO W RIDGE FROM 29N65W TO MIAMI FLORIDA WILL SHIFT SE TODAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST THIS AFTERNOON. THE COLD FRONT WILL REACH FROM 30N70W TO THE BAHAMA CHANNEL EARLY SUN...REACH FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL CUBA ON SUN...STALL BRIEFLY FROM 31N60W THROUGH THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS TO CENTRAL CUBA EARLY MON...MOVE E AGAIN MON NIGHT REACHING FROM 31N65W TO E CUBA ON TUE...AND THEN BEGIN TO STALL FROM 23N55W TO THE PUERTO RICO ON WED. .THIS AFTERNOON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND W 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .SUN...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND N 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .WED...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.