000 FZNT25 KNHC 300935 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 535 AM EDT THU MAR 30 2017 ...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...WEAK HIGH PRES EXTENDING THE FROM WESTERN ATLANTIC WESTWARD TO THE EASTERN GULF WILL MAINTAIN E TO SE RETURN FLOW OVER THOSE WATERS THROUGH THIS MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE TEXAS COAST. THE FRONT WILL THEN MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF THROUGH FRI NIGHT PRECEDED BY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SE FRESH TO STRONG RETURN FLOW WILL THEN DOMINATE ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF THROUGH SUN...THEN DIMINISH SUN NIGHT AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE TEXAS COAST. THIS FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR W CENTRAL FLORIDA TO THE NE YUCATAN PENINSULA BY LATE MON. STRONG TO SOUTHERLY WINDS WITH A CHANCE FOR WINDS REACHING TO NEAR GALE ARE EXPECTED AHEAD OF THIS NEXT FRONT ALONG...AND ALONG WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .TODAY...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN AND NEAR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 25N. ISOLATED SHOWERS S OF 25N. .FRI...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 25N. ISOLATED SHOWERS S OF 25N. .FRI NIGHT...SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO E TO SE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 25N...AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 25N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS AHEAD OF FRONT N OF 25N. ISOLATED SHOWERS S OF 25N. .SAT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS... BUILDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...WEAK HIGH PRES OVER THE WESTERN PORTION WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT ESE THIS AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO A COLD FRONT THAT IS MOVING SSE ACROSS THE NORTH-CENTRAL AND NE WATERS. THE FRONTAL PORTION E OF 72W WILL CONTINUE AS A COLD FRONT EXITING THE AREA TONIGHT...WHILE THE PORTION W OF 72W LIFTS BACK TO THE N AS A WARM FRONT THROUGH FRI. AS THIS TAKES PLACE...THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL BE APPROACHING THE SE U.S. THIS FRONT WILL EMERGE OUT OVER THE FAR NW WATERS ON FRI NIGHT...MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH- CENTRAL WATERS ON SAT AND ACROSS THE NE WATERS ON SAT NIGHT EXITING THE BASIN ON SUN. THE FRONT WILL BE PRECEDED BY STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE NORTHERN WATERS...WITH STRONG W TO NW WINDS OVER THE NE WATERS SAT NIGHT AND SUN. HIGH PRES IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL SLIDE EASTWARD TO THE NORTHEAST WATERS BY LATE MON AS DEEPENING LOW PRES TRACKS NE OVER THE SE U.S. THE COMBINATION BETWEEN THE LOW PRES AND THE HIGH PRES IS EXPECTED TO BRING INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS TO THE NW PORTION EARLY NEXT WEEK. A NEW SET OF LARGE N TO NE SWELL WILL PROPAGATE INTO THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE BASIN TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUN. .TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE TO S 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS N OF 27N. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE TO S 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS N OF 27N. .FRI...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS N OF 27N. .FRI NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS N OF 27N. .SAT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. .SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N IN MIXED NE AND SW SWELL. .SUN...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. .MON...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. N OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...EXCEPT 5 TO 8 FT N OF 29N. .MON NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT S OF 28N...AND 7 TO 10 FT N OF 28N.