000
FZNT25 KNHC 021518
OFFN04

NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1118 AM EDT WED MAY 2 2012

...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...LOW LEVEL DISTURBANCE ACROSS THE N CENTRAL WATERS
OFF THE SW LOUISIANA COAST WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NW AND INLAND
ACROSS LOUISIANA AND FAR SE TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...A
RIDGE EXTENDS W ACROSS THE N COASTAL PLAINS AND WILL SHIFT N OF
AREA AS THE DISTURBANCE DISSIPATES INLAND TONIGHT INTO THU. A
SURFACE HIGH WILL SHIFT SE ACROSS THE EASTERN WATERS WITH
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW INCREASING OVER THE WESTERN GULF ON SAT
NIGHT AND SUN. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO
15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. WIND AND SEAS HIGHER NEAR 
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.THU...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.FRI...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...WEAK RIDGE E TO W ALONG 31N-32N WILL SHIFT SE AND
WEAKEN FURTHER AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL PASS THROUGH
BERMUDA THU AFTERNOON AND THEN CONTINUE SE THROUGH THE NE WATERS
THU NIGHT AND FRI...MOVING E OF AREA ON SAT. WEAK SURFACE HIGH
WILL REORGANIZE OVER THE NW WATERS FRI...REACHING THE NW BAHAMAS
SAT THEN TO NEAR 25N73W SUN.  

.THIS AFTERNOON...N OF PALM BEACH SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT. S OF PALM BEACH E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.