000 FZNT25 KNHC 081448 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1048 AM EDT MON APR 8 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...HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE W ATLANTIC EXTENDING TO N CENTRAL GULF WILL PREVAIL THROUGH WEDNESDAY TO MAINTAIN SE RETURN FLOW ACROSS THE GULF WATERS...GRADUALLY INCREASING OVER THE WESTERN GULF LATE TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF NEXT COLD FRONT. THIS NEXT FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY ENTER THE NW GULF WEDNESDAY NIGHT...REACHING FROM NEAR NEW ORLEANS TO BAY OF CAMPECHE THURSDAY...THEN FROM NEAR FLORIDA BIG BEND TO YUCATAN MEXICO ON FRIDAY. .THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT... SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .WED...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM 24N65W TO THE SE BAHAMAS WILL DRIFT TO THE NORTH WHILE WEAKENING THROUGH TUESDAY BEFORE DISSIPATING. HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED ACROSS THE W ATLANTIC BETWEEN CAPE HATTERAS AND BERMUDA WITH RIDGE EXTENDING TO NE GULF OF MEXICO WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH FRIDAY TO PRODUCE MODERATE TO LOCALLY FRESH EASTERLY FLOW...GRADUALLY BECOMING SE TO S ACROSS W PORTIONS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.