000 FZNT25 KNHC 050254 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1054 PM EDT FRI OCT 4 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....SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM KAREN AT 26.1N 90.3W 1003 MB AT 11 PM EDT MOVING NNW AT 6 KT. MAXIMUM WINDS 45 WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT. KAREN WILL BE NEAR 27.1N 90.6W EARLY SAT...28.1N 90.0W SAT EVENING...29.0N 88.7W EARLY SUN...30.5N 86.5W SUN EVENING...THEN WILL MOVE INLAND OVER THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF SE TEXAS COAST SUN...REACHING FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO W BAY OF CAMPECHE LATE MON BEFORE BECOMING DIFFUSE TUE. HIGH PRES WILL FOLLOW BEHIND THE FRONT WED. .OVERNIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. .SAT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .MON...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. .WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES RIDGE OFF EASTERN SEABOARD WILL PERSIST THROUGH SAT. SOUTHERLY FLOW OFF NE FLORIDA WILL INCREASE SUN AND MON AS KAREN PASSES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST U.S. AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES OFF THE NE FLORIDA COAST WED. .OVERNIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND E 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND E 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .SUN...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .MON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .TUE...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. .WED...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.