000 FZNT25 KNHC 100234 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1034 PM EDT THU MAY 9 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 1020 MB HIGH PRESSURE CENTER NEAR 29N84W WILL MERGE INTO A RIDGE ALONG 29N E OF 90W FRI. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE LOUISIANA AND TEXAS COAST SAT AND WEAKEN FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO 23N98W SUN. THE FRONT WILL DISSIPATE BY MON AND HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD N OF THE AREA MON AND TUE. .OVERNIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. .MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...A TROUGH ALONG 74W S OF 27N TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AS IT MOVES NORTHWESTWARD AND DISSIPATES SAT ACROSS THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS. A RIDGE WILL EXTEND FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL FLORIDA ON SAT THEN SHIFT E AS A SLOW MOVING WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE FAR NW PORTION SUN. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM NEAR 31N76W TO S FLORIDA MON AND FROM BERMUDA TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS TUE. .OVERNIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .FRI...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .SAT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .SUN...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .MON...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .TUE...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.