000 FZNT25 KNHC 310929 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 429 AM EST THU JAN 31 2013 ...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 EXTENDS FROM SANIBEL ISLAND FLORIDA TO NW YUCATAN PENINSULA TO EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE. SECONDARY SURGE OF NW WIND SWEEPING ACROSS N CENTRAL PORTIONS PRODUCING WINDS TO 30 KT ACROSS N CENTRAL PORTIONS EARLY THIS MORNING...WHILE GALES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SW PORTIONS S OF 24N THROUGH 1200 UTC. FRONT TO MOVE SE OF AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH WINDS QUICKLY VEERING N TO NE AND DIMINISHING. FRONT TO BECOME STATIONARY AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATE ACROSS NW CARIBBEAN THROUGH SUN...WITH FRESH NE TO E WINDS EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST GULF THROUGH SAT...THEN DIMINISH SUN INTO MON. .TODAY...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .MON...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW OCCURRING N OF THE BAHAMAS OFF OF FLORIDA AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL SHIFT NE AND OUT OF AREA TONIGHT AS FRONT SHIFTS SE. COLD FRONT FROM 31N78W TO MELBOURNE FLORIDA WILL REACH FROM 31N71W TO NW CUBA THIS EVENING...FROM 29N65W TO W CENTRAL CUBA FRI EVENING...THEN STALL FROM 25N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA SAT EVENING AND BECOMING DIFFUSE SUN. .TODAY...S OF 27N...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N. .TONIGHT...S OF 27N...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N. .FRI...S OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW TO N 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT... DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.