000 FZNT24 KNHC 011434 OFFNT4 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 934 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT. GMZ001-020245- SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO 934 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017 .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW GULF THIS AFTERNOON...THEN REACH FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO EARLY THU MORNING...THEN FROM SOUTH FLORIDA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE BY THU NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE S OF THE GULF ON FRI. STRONG THE NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE W CENTRAL AND SW GULF W OF THE FRONT ON THU. SE TO S RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP OVER THE WESTERN GULF BY SUN NIGHT. $$ GMZ011-020245- NW GULF INCLUDING STETSON BANK- 934 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017 .TODAY...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN SE SWELL. .TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. .FRI...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT. .SAT...E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. $$ GMZ013-020245- N CENTRAL GULF INCLUDING FLOWER GARDEN BANKS MARINE SANCTUARY- 934 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017 .TODAY...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NW 20 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .FRI...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN...E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. $$ GMZ015-020245- NE GULF N OF 25N E OF 87W- 934 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017 .TODAY...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT IN THE EVENING... BECOMING 2 FT OR LESS. .THU...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. ELSEWHERE...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO N TO NE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .THU NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL. .SAT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL. .SUN...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. $$ GMZ017-020245- W CENTRAL GULF FROM 22N TO 26N W OF 94W- 934 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017 ...GALE WARNING THU NIGHT... .TODAY...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE 20 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .THU NIGHT...FROM 22N TO 24N W OF 96.5W N WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. ELSEWHERE...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .FRI...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL. .SAT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT IN N SWELL. .SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. $$ GMZ019-020245- CENTRAL GULF FROM 22N TO 26N BETWEEN 87W AND 94W- 934 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017 .TODAY...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...S OF 24N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. ELSEWHERE...SE TO S WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...SHIFTING TO E LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL. .SAT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL. .SUN...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. $$ GMZ021-020245- E GULF FROM 22N TO 25N E OF 87W INCLUDING STRAITS OF FLORIDA- 934 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017 .TODAY...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT STRAITS OF FLORIDA...AND SE 10 TO 15 KT ELSEWHERE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT STRAITS OF FLORIDA...AND NE TO E 5 TO 10 KT ELSEWHERE. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .FRI...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN N TO NE SWELL. .SAT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL. .SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT IN N SWELL. .SUN...E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN N SWELL. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL. $$ GMZ023-020245- SW GULF S OF 22N W OF 94W- 934 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017 ...GALE WARNING THU NIGHT... .TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW TO N 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .THU NIGHT...FROM 19N TO 21.5N WITHIN 60 NM OF THE COAST NW TO N WINDS 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .FRI...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN N TO NE SWELL. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL. .SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. $$ GMZ025-020245- E BAY OF CAMPECHE INCLUDING CAMPECHE BANK- 934 AM EST WED MAR 1 2017 .TODAY...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN NW TO N SWELL. .SAT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. $$ FORECASTER MCELROY