000 FZNT25 KNHC 081432 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 932 AM EST THU DEC 8 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 STRONG COLD FRONT FROM PANAMA CITY FLORIDA TO NE MEXICO WILL MOVE ACROSS MOST OF THE GULF TODAY...REACHING FROM SW FLORIDA TO VERACRUZ MEXICO BY THIS EVENING. STRONG TO GALE FORCE WINDS WILL SPREAD SOUTHWARD ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN GULF BEHIND THIS FRONT THROUGH LATE FRI AS IT REACHES THE SOUTHERN GULF. THE NEXT FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE NW GULF WATERS MON. .TODAY...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 30N65W TO SOUTH FLORIDA WILL SHIFT EAST AHEAD OF A STRONGER COLD FRONT MOVING OFF THE COAST OF NORTHEAST FLORIDA THIS MORNING. THE STRONGER FRONT WILL REACH FROM 31N66W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA LATE FRIDAY MERGING WITH THE OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE N OF MERGING FRONTS WILL SUPPORT A BROAD AREA OF STRONG WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS EAST OF THE BAHAMAS THIS WEEKEND. .TODAY...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO 3 FT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND N 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 27N...AND N 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.