000 FZNT25 KNHC 080853 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 353 AM EST SUN DEC 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...A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM NEAR APALACHICOLA FLORIDA SW TO NEAR 26N95W THEN S TO THE CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL BEGIN TO DRIFT NORTHWESTWARD TODAY AND REACH THE FAR NW GULF WATERS EARLY MON. A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF ON MON ABSORBING THE REMNANTS OF THE FIRST FRONT. THE MERGED FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO NEAR VERA CRUZ LATE TUE THEN STALL FROM FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION TO 26N95W TO CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE ON WED INTO THU. .TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...BROAD RIDGE EXTENDS FROM A 1027 MB HIGH CENTERED JUST W ALONG 30N TO FLORIDA. STRONG EASTERLY FLOW S OF THE RIDGE WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY TUE...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW WATERS LATE TUE...MOVE FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO CENTRAL FLORIDA BY WED MORNING THEN STALL AND WEAKEN FROM NEAR 28N65W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA LATE WED. .TODAY...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND S 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.