000 FZNT25 KNHC 171527 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1127 AM EDT SAT OCT 17 2015 ...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...STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDING ACROSS THE SE U.S. THIS WEEKEND WILL STRENGTHEN NE WINDS ACROSS MOST OF THE GULF THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUN...WITH STRONG NE TO E WINDS AND HIGH SEAS PREVAILING THROUGH TUE. STRONG TO GALE FORCE NW WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH TUE ALONG THE COAST NEAR VERACRUZ MEXICO. .THIS AFTERNOON...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .MON...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .TUE...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .WED...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO THE NW BAHAMAS AND EXTREME S FLORIDA WILL MEANDER THROUGH THIS EVENING THEN BEGIN TO MOVE SLOWLY SE TONIGHT THROUGH MON AS A NEW COLD FRONT MOVES SE ACROSS THE NW PORTIONS OF THE AREA. THIS NEW FRONT HAS STALLED ACROSS THE GEORGIA AND NE FLORIDA COASTAL WATERS THIS MORNING...BUT WILL MOVE SE TONIGHT AND SUN...REACHING FROM 31N65W TO NEAR PALM BEACH SUN EVENING...THEN STALL BY EARLY TUE FROM NEAR 27N65W THROUGH THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE U.S. BEHIND THE FRONT WILL PRODUCE A BROAD ZONE OF STRONG NE WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH WED...AND ACCOMPANIED BY VERY ROUGH AND BUILDING SEAS. .THIS AFTERNOON...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .SUN...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NE 20 TO 25 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .SUN NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT... BECOMING 20 TO 30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N... AND 6 TO 9 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .MON...NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...SHIFTING TO NE TO E 20 TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT S OF 27N...AND 7 TO 10 FT N OF 27N. .MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT S OF 27N... AND 8 TO 11 FT N OF 27N. .TUE...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT S OF 27N...AND 7 TO 10 FT N OF 27N. .TUE NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N... AND 6 TO 9 FT N OF 27N. .WED...NE TO E WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N. .WED NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N... AND 6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N.