000 FZNT25 KNHC 170837 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 437 AM EDT MON OCT 17 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 NW TO SE ORIENTATED SURFACE TROUGH WILL MEANDER ACROSS THE SW GULF WATERS THROUGH WED NIGHT WITH A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING INTERMITTENTLY ALONG THE TROUGH. A WEAK TROUGH OVER THE E GULF WILL DISSIPATE THIS MORNING. A NE TO SW RIDGE WILL EXTEND ACROSS THE NW GULF WATERS THROUGH WED NIGHT...THEN WEAKEN AS A COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE TEXAS COAST ON THU. THE COLD FRONT WILL RACE E REACHING FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA ON FRI NIGHT. .TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .WED...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT IN THE EVENING... SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. .FRI...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...AN E TO W SHEARLINE WILL MEANDER BETWEEN 20N AND 23N WITH LOW PRES DEVELOPING NEAR 22.5N70.5W BY LATE TONIGHT. THE LOW WILL MOVE NE ON TUE AND WED WITH STRONG E WINDS DEVELOPING MAINLY ON THE NW SIDE OF THE LOW. LARGE N TO NE SWELLS WILL SPREAD SW ACROSS THE WATERS E OF THE BAHAMAS THROUGH MID-WEEK... THEN GRADUALLY SUBSIDE BY THE END OF THE WEEK AS THE LOW PRES WEAKENS TO A TROUGH FROM 31N73W TO 23N80W AND DRIFTS SLOWLY W. .TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NE TO E 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN NE SWELL. .TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TUE...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .WED...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI...NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.