000 FZNT25 KNHC 240908 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 508 AM EDT WED MAY 24 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...A STRONG COLD FRONT FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR WILL ENTER THE NW GULF THIS MORNING...THEN REACH FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE SW GULF EARLY THU BEFORE STALLING FROM THE FLORIDA STRAITS TO NEAR THE YUCATAN PENINSULA BY FRI AS WEAK HIGH PRES MOVES E OVER THE N GULF. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRECEDE THE FRONT AS IT MOVES E. .TODAY...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED TSTMS. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .THU...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .THU NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO E TO SE 5 TO 10 KT EARLY IN THE MORNING. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .FRI...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .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. .SUN...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...SW WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY N OF THE BAHAMAS AND NE OF FLORIDA AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE SE UNITED STATES. THE FRONT WILL CROSS THE WATERS E OF NORTH FLORIDA THU...REACHING FROM 31N70W TO SOUTH FLORIDA FRI MORNING. STRONG SW WINDS WILL DEVELOP E OF FLORIDA WELL AHEAD OF THE FRONT WED NIGHT AND THU. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN FRI AS IT MOVES E. HIGH PRES WILL THEN BUILD OVER THE AREA THIS WEEKEND. .TODAY...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW 20 TO 30 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .THU...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SW TO W 20 TO 30 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S TO SW 5 TO 10 KT IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. N OF 27N...SW TO W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT EARLY IN THE MORNING. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .FRI...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.