000 FZNT25 KNHC 200849 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 449 AM EDT SAT OCT 20 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...A WEAKENING FRONT EXTENDS FROM SW FLORIDA TO NEAR 23N98W. THE FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY THEN DISSIPATE OVER THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA. EXPECT FRESH SE RETURN FLOW OVER THE FAR NW GULF LATE SUN THROUGH EARLY TUE AS HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF BEHIND THE FRONT. .TODAY...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .MON THROUGH WED...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT FROM 31N76W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL EXTEND FROM 31N72W TO NW BAHAMAS THIS EVENING AND FROM 31N67W TO CENTRAL BAHAMAS SUN...THEN WEAKEN AS IT SHIFTS E OF 65W MON AND TUE. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD OFF THE CAROLINAS BEHIND THE FRONT MON AND TUE. .TODAY...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .MON THROUGH WED...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.