000 FZNT25 KNHC 121449 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1049 AM EDT THU JUL 12 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...AN E TO W RIDGE EXTENDING ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF IS SHIFTING SE IN ADVANCE OF A WEAK COLD FRONT THAT WILL DIP INTO THE NW WATERS TODAY QUICKLY STALLING FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA TO NEAR 26N94W. THE RIDGE WILL REBUILD W TONIGHT PUSHING REMNANTS OF THE FRONT NW OF AREA EARLY FRI. TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE W THROUGH THE FLORIDA STRAITS TODAY INTO THE EASTERN GULF LATE FRI INTO THE MIDDLE GULF LATE SAT AND SUN...THEN WEAKEN AS IT PASSES THROUGH THE SW GULF ON MON. .THIS AFTERNOON...S TO SW WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 FT. ISOLATED TSTMS. .TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. ISOLATED TSTMS. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. ISOLATED TSTMS. .SAT THROUGH MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE EXTENDING E TO W ALONG 31N WILL LIFT N OF THE AREA TODAY AND REMAIN N OF AREA THROUGH EARLY SAT. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL DIP INTO THE WATERS N OF 28N E OF 68W SAT NIGHT AND MOVE E OF THE AREA SUN NIGHT AS A SURFACE HIGH SHIFTS S INTO THE AREA NEAR 30N68W. A TROPICAL WAVE S OF 20N E OF AREA WILL REACH 66N SUN NIGHT AND 72W MON NIGHT. .THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED TSTMS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED TSTMS. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED TSTMS. .SAT THROUGH MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.