000 FZNT27 KNHC 011447 OFFN06 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1047 AM EDT MON OCT 1 2012 ...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS... .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT FROM NEAR MOBILE ALABAMA SW TO 25N90W TO INLAND MEXICO AT 20N96 WILL REACH THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO 25N88W TO THE NORTHERN YUCATAN PENINSULA TONIGHT... THEN BEGIN TO WEAKEN AS IT REACHES FROM THE BIG BEND REGION OF FLORIDA TO YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY TUE...AND FROM NEAR TAMPA BAY TO NE YUCATAN PENINSULA BY EARLY TUE NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL THEN BECOME STATIONARY AND WEAKEN INTO A TROUGH THAT MOVES BACK W ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF WED AND THU...AND ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE GULF FRI AND SAT. WEAK HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA THU AND FRI. NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO .THIS AFTERNOON...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N TO NW 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TUE...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .WED...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. .THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .FRI...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO .THIS AFTERNOON...SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING SW TO W 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF FRONT. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF FRONT. .TUE...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SW TO W AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .WED...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. .THU...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. .FRI...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.