000 FZNT25 KNHC 141430 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 930 AM EST WED DEC 14 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 FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO BROWNSVILLE TEXAS WILL REACH FROM THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO NE MEXICO LATE THU...WHERE IT IS FORECAST TO BECOME STATIONARY...AND DISSIPATE FROM W TO E THU NIGHT AND FRI. FRESH TO STRONG SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NW GULF FRI THROUGH SAT NIGHT AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE GULF ON SUN. GALE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN GULF BEHIND THIS NEXT COLD FRONT. .TODAY...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO NW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. AREAS OF DENSE FOG. .TONIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. ISOLATED SHOWERS. .THU...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO 3 TO 4 FT IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. .FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...RIDGING WILL SHIFT E OF THE AREA TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN WATERS. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA THU NIGHT...THEN BECOME A WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT FROM NEAR 25N65W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA BY FRI NIGHT. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION BEHIND THIS FRONT. THE HIGH PRES WILL THEN SLIDE EASTWARD THROUGH SUN NIGHT. .TODAY...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO NE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND W 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. .THU...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NW TO N 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.