000
FZNT25 KNHC 120934
OFFN04

NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
534 AM EDT SUN MAY 12 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...WEAK LATE SEASON COLD FRONT FROM JUST E OF
APPALACHICOLA TO NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO WILL STALL ACROSS W
PORTIONS THROUGH MON WHILE MOVING SE ACROSS E PORTIONS...EXTEND
FROM NEAR CEDAR KEY TO TAMPICO THIS EVENING...FROM EXTREME S
FLORIDA TO TAMPICO MON EVENING THEN DISSIPATE ACROSS NW CUBA AND
THE YUCATAN CHANNEL TUE EVENING AND NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
BUILD OVER THE GULF TONIGHT THROUGH TUE BEHIND THE FRONT WITH A
HIGH CENTER MOVING SE INTO THE NE GULF TUE AND WED. 

.TODAY...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO
3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...1012 MB LOW PRES CENTER NEAR 23N67W DRIFTING W WITH
TROUGH SPIRALING OUT FROM LOW TO 22.5N66W TO 20N65W TO NE COAST
OF PUERTO RICO. THE LOW WILL MOVE LITTLE AND OPEN UP TO A N TO S
ALIGNED TROUGH MON THEN DRIFT E TO SE TUE AND WED AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. ATLC HIGH PRES RIDGE FROM BERMUDA TO S
FLORIDA WILL RETREAT E TODAY AS COLD FRONT ACROSS GULF OF MEXICO
MOVES INTO THE NW WATERS EARLY THIS EVENING. THE FRONT WILL
EXTEND FROM 31N73W TO S FLORIDA MON EVENING AND REACH FROM JUST E
OF BERMUDA TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS TUE EVENING. FRONT THEN
EXPECTED TO MOVE SE AND STALL WED AND THU AND WEAKEN
CONSIDERABLY...REACHING FROM 24N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA.

.TODAY...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...W WINDS 5 TO
10 KT...BECOMING NW 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO
2 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.MON NIGHT...S OF 27N...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.TUE...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.