000 FZNT25 KNHC 150941 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 441 AM EST THU DEC 15 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 EXTENDS FROM NORTHERN FLORIDA SW TO 28N86W TO 26N90W WHERE IT BECOMES STATIONARY TO INLAND MEXICO TO NEAR TAMPICO. THE COLD FRONT WILL REACH FROM THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO NE MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON WHERE IT WILL BECOME STATIONARY AND DISSIPATE THROUGH 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. THE COLD FRONT WILL REACH FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE SW GULF SUN NIGHT AND FROM N FLORIDA TO THE E BAY OF CAMPECHE MON NIGHT. GALE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN GULF BEHIND THIS NEXT COLD FRONT SUN THROUGH LATE ON MON. .TODAY...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .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. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE TO 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 FROM LOW PRES JUST N OF THE AREA SW TO 31N78W AND TO INLAND NE FLORIDA WILL PUSH SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WATERS THROUGH THIS EVENING, AND THE SOUTHERN WATERS ON FRI. IT WILL BECOME STATIONARY FROM NEAR 255N65W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA BY FRI EVENING. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...AND SLIDE EASTWARD INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK IN RESPONSE TO ANOTHER COLD FRONT THAT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE AREA. .TODAY...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 S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. .FRI...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. .FRI NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT S OF 27N... AND 6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N. .SAT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. .MON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N.