000 FZNT25 KNHC 070919 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 419 AM EST WED DEC 7 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 EXTENDING FROM NEAR FT. MYERS FLORIDA TO THE SW GULF WILL DRIFT NORTHWARD TODAY...REACHING THE CENTRAL GULF BY THURSDAY MORNING WHILE WEAKENING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL EMERGE OFF THE COAST OF TEXAS AND LOUISIANA BY THURSDAY MORNING AND GRADUALLY MERGE WITH THE OLD FRONT. STRONG TO GALE FORCE WINDS WILL FOLLOWED THE STRONG COLD FRONT FORECAST TO CROSS THE GULF WATERS THU AND THU NIGHT. .TODAY...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT IN THE MORNING... SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. .TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO 3 FT LATE. .THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO 3 TO 4 FT. .THU NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS THE NW ZONES WILL REACH FROM 31N73W TO SOUTH FLORIDA THIS MORNING...AND FROM 28N65W TO SE FLORIDA THURSDAY MORNING...THEN STALL ALONG 26N/27N. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE NORTHWESTERN ZONES LATE THURSDAY...MERGING WITH THE STATIONARY FRONT ON FRIDAY. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE N OF MERGING FRONT WILL SUPPORT A BROAD AREA OF STRONG WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS E OF BAHAMAS THIS WEEKEND. .TODAY...S OF 27N...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO E LATE. N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND NW LESS THAN 5 KT N OF 27N. S OF 27N...SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. N OF 27N...SEAS 3 FT... SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. .THU...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO S IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN...SHIFTING TO NW TO N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NE 15 TO 20 KT LATE...SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. N OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO 3 FT LATE. .FRI...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. .FRI NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N... AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. .SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N... AND 6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N. .SUN...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N. .SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N... AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N.