000 FZNT25 KNHC 290349 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1149 PM EDT WED SEP 28 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 SLOW MOVING AND WEAKENING COLD FRONT OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE SE TIP OF LOUISIANA WILL DISSIPATE TONIGHT...THEN WILL SHIFT SE AS A REMNANT TROUGH THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. A REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NORTHERN GULF TOMORROW AFTERNOON THROUGH FRI...STALLING ACROSS THE CENTRAL WATERS THIS WEEKEND...THEN DISSIPATING LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. .OVERNIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .THU...SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO SW LATE. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .FRI...S TO SW WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...SHIFTING TO N TO NE IN THE LATE MORNING. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SAT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS... BUILDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW NEAR 13.9N 63.1W 1004 MB AT 11 PM EDT MOVING W AT 13 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 55 KT GUSTS 65 KT. MATTHEW IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE SOUTHERN WATERS LATE THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS A HURRICANE... HOWEVER WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE SE WATERS WELL AHEAD OF THAT DUE TO A TIGHT PRES GRADIENT. OTHERWISE...A TROUGH EXTENDING NE FROM BIMINI TO 31N76W WILL LIFT N OF THE AREA TONIGHT. HIGH PRES RIDGING WILL THEN PREVAIL N OF 22N THROUGH THU. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE E FROM N FLORIDA THU NIGHT...THEN STALL JUST OFFSHORE AND WEAKEN THROUGH FRI NIGHT. ...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE... .OVERNIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO 3 FT LATE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .THU...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 FT. .THU NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE TO S 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 FT EARLY IN THE MORNING...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .FRI NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .MON...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.