000 FZNT25 KNHC 101445 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 945 AM EST THU DEC 10 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...WEAK HIGH PRES WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE NE GULF THROUGH FRI. FRESH TO OCCASIONAL STRONG SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF LATE FRI AND EXPAND INTO THE CENTRAL GULF THROUGH SUN. BY SUN...A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO EMERGE OFF THE TEXAS COAST AND QUICKLY MOVE SE ACROSS THE GULF...REACHING FROM MOBILE BAY TO NEAR VERACRUZ MEXICO SUN EVENING...AND FROM NEAR TAMPA BAY TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA MON MORNING. FRESH TO STRONG WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS ARE EXPECTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FRONT ON SUN AND SUN NIGHT. .TODAY...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .FRI...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO 3 FT EARLY IN THE MORNING. .SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO SW AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .MON...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO N IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...LOW PRES OF 1012 MB LOCATED NE OF THE BAHAMAS NEAR 28N70W WILL MOVE NE TO NEAR BERMUDA THIS EVENING...WITH THE COLD FRONT EXTENDING TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS. THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE FRONT WILL BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE SE WATERS BY FRI WHILE DISSIPATING BY SAT. HIGH PRES WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION SAT AND SUN. A TROUGH IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP E OF THE BAHAMAS ON SAT AND WILL DRIFT WESTWARD RESULTING IN INCREASED WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS N OF 24N W OF 72W. BY MON...SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE NW WATERS AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT FORECAST TO ENTER THE FORECAST AREA MON NIGHT. .TODAY...NE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT S OF 27N...AND N TO NE 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .FRI...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N. .FRI NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. .SAT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. S OF 27N...SEAS 2 FT OR LESS... BUILDING TO 3 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 9 FT N OF 27N. .SUN...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 8 FT N OF 27N. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SE TO S 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. .MON...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW TO W 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. .MON NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO NE TO E AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N.