000 FZNT25 KNHC 120909 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 409 AM EST MON NOV 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...COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF LATER THIS MORNING FOLLOWED BY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY AND EXTEND FROM THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE SW TO NEAR VERACRUZ MEXICO BY THIS EVENING EXTENDING FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AREA TO THE WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE TUE MORNING THEN FROM TAMPA FLORIDA TO THE SW GULF LATER TUE EVENING AND WEAKENING. THE FRONT WILL DISSIPATE AS IT SLOWLY MOVES S THROUGH THU. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE GULF WAKE OF THE FRONT THROUGH FRI. .TODAY...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. .TUE AND TUE NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .WED THROUGH FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...STRONG HIGH PRES OVER THE EASTERN U.S. WILL MAINTAIN A TIGHT PRES GRADIENT ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION TODAY. HIGH PRES WILL THEN BEGIN TO WEAKEN TONIGHT AND TUE AS A WEAKENING COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA. THE COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE SE FROM THE NW BAHAMAS TO CENTRAL FLORIDA TUE AND TUE NIGHT WHILE DISSIPATING. BROAD HIGH PRES WILL EXTEND OVER THE AREA WED THROUGH FRI. .TODAY...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND E 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. .TUE AND TUE NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NE TO E 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. SCATTERED TSTMS. .WED THROUGH FRI...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.