000 FZNT25 KNHC 212116 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 516 PM EDT SAT SEP 21 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 COLD FRONT HAS ENTERED THE NW GULF AND MERGED WITH AN OLD LOW CENTER LINGERING ACROSS NW PORTIONS...WITH FRONT STRETCHING FROM S CENTRAL LOUISIANA TO MEXICAN COAST NEAR 23N98W EARLY THIS EVENING. FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH FROM FL PANHANDLE TO NEAR 26N95.5W TO BAY OF CAMPECHE NEAR 18N95W EARLY SUN MORNING...WITH FRESH TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS FILLING IN BEHIND FRONT. FRONT TO THEN REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY ACROSS THE N AND W WATERS MON. REMNANTS OF THE FRONT WILL DRIFT E ACROSS THE CENTRAL WATERS ON TUE AND WED. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. .SUN...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .MON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .MON NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .TUE...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .WED...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. .THU...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...LOW PRES E OF THE AREA NEAR 29N62W 1007 MB TRAILS A BROAD TROUGH SW TO THE SE BAHAMAS. THIS LOW WILL DRAG THE TROUGH E OF THE AREA LATE TODAY. ANOTHER TROUGH EXTENDS FROM NEAR 26N74W TO THE NW BAHAMAS. THIS TROUGH WILL WEAKEN ON SUN AHEAD OF ANOTHER LOW PRES SYSTEM FORECAST TO MOVE OFF THE SE CONUS SUN NIGHT. THIS THIRD LOW PRES WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT THAT WILL ENTER THE NW PORTION LATE ON MON...THEN STALL FROM 29N65W ACROSS THE NW BAHAMAS TO SE FLORIDA ON TUE. THE W PORTION OF THE FRONT WILL LIFT N ACROSS THE NW WATERS TUE NIGHT WITH LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT NEAR 29N78W BY WED. .TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. N OF 27N...E WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING S AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .SUN...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .MON...S OF 27N...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .MON NIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .TUE...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .WED...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .THU...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.