000 FZNT25 KNHC 210910 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 410 AM EST FRI DEC 21 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...STRONG COLD FRONT FROM JUST S OF TAMPA BAY TO THE E BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL MOVE SE OF AREA LATER TODAY. WINDS TO GALE FORCE WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT OVER THE FAR WESTERN GULF THIS MORNING. WINDS AND SEAS WILL DIMINISH SAT AND SUN AS HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF. MODERATE TO FRESH SE TO S WINDS WILL RETURN TO THE WESTERN GULF BY MON. THE NEXT COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO ENTER THE GULF WATERS LATE TUE. ...GALE WARNING... .TODAY...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN THROUGH TUE...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...STRONGER COLD FRONT FROM 31N79W TO NE FLORIDA WILL EXTEND FROM NEAR 31N70W TO CENTRAL CUBA FRI EVENING AND FROM 26N65W TO EASTERN CUBA SAT EVENING THEN WEAKENS OVER THE SE PORTION OF THE AREA LATE SUN INTO MON. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE FRONT N OF 30N WILL DECREASE LATER TODAY. ...GALE WARNING... .TODAY...S OF 27N...SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 8 TO 11 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NW 25 TO 30 KT N OF 27N. S OF 27N...SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. N OF 27N...SEAS 8 TO 11 FT... BUILDING TO 8 TO 13 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. N OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON THROUGH TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.