000 FZNT25 KNHC 151426 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 926 AM EST FRI FEB 15 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...A STATIONARY FRONT FROM THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN CHANNEL WILL MERGE WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH WILL RAPIDLY ENTER THE GULF LATE TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 30N83W TO 26N88W TO 18N95W SAT MORNING...MOVING SE OF THE GULF BY SAT EVENING. STRONG TO NEAR-GALE FORCE NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP OVER THE W GULF SUN...SPREADING E ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF MON. A MUCH WEAKER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF LATE MON...EXTENDING FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO BROWNSVILLE TEXAS TUE AFTERNOON. .TODAY...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 20 TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .SAT NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. .MON...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT FROM 31N70W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA WILL BE OVERTAKEN BY A STRONG COLD FRONT WHICH WILL REACH FROM 31N78W TO 27N80W SAT AFTERNOON...FROM 31N67W TO 25N70W TO 20N74W SUN MORNING...THEN FROM 22N65W TO CENTRAL HISPANIOLA MON MORNING WHERE IT WILL STALL AND DISSIPATE. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED N OF 27N BEHIND THE FRONT SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN NIGHT. HIGH PRES BUILDS IN ACROSS THE AREA MON AND TUE BEHIND THE FRONT. ...GALE WARNING N OF 27N... .TODAY...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .TONIGHT...S OF 27N...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO S AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. .SAT...S OF 27N...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING W 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NW 25 TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...W TO NW WINDS 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...BUILDING TO 10 TO 15 FT IN NW SWELL AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. .TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.