000 FZNT25 KNHC 102035 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 335 PM EST SAT DEC 10 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...STRONG HIGH PRESSURE N OF THE BASIN WILL DOMINATE THE REGION THIS WEEKEND AS IT SLIDES EAST AND WEAKENS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. GALE FORCE WINDS OVER THE FAR SW WATERS WILL DIMINISH BY THIS EVENING. RETURN FLOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA EARLY NEXT WEEK...BEFORE A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE FAR NORTHERN GULF WED. THE WEAK FRONT WILL STALL IN THE NORTHERN GULF WED NIGHT...PUSHING S THROUGH THU NIGHT AS HIGH PRES BUILDS IN FROM THE N. .TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT...EXCEPT UP TO 12 FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. .SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT EARLY IN THE MORNING...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .TUE...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .WED...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .THU...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT FROM 26N65W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS TO THE FL STRAITS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME DIFFUSE THROUGH SUN WHILE STRONG HIGH PRES SLIDES E...TO THE N OF THE REGION. THE HIGH WILL SUPPORT AN EXPANDING AREA OF STRONG WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS ACROSS THE WATERS S OF 28N AND W OF THE BAHAMAS THROUGH SUN NIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL BRUSH THE FAR NORTHERN WATERS MON THROUGH TUE NIGHT. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN WATERS WED NIGHT THROUGH THU NIGHT. .TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT UP TO 10 FT NEAR GULF STREAM. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .SUN...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 27N...AND E 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT UP TO 10 FT NEAR GULF STREAM. SCATTERED SHOWERS. .SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. .MON NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .THU...NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.