000 FZNT25 KNHC 141515 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1015 AM EST MON DEC 14 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...A COLD FRONT FROM PENSACOLA TO 25N91W TO VERACRUZ WILL WEAKEN...BECOMING STATIONARY FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO CENTRAL GULF BY TUE. A STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NW GULF EARLY WED...REACHING FROM S LOUISIANA TO VERACRUZ WED NIGHT...THEN FROM THE TAMPA BAY AREA FL TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA THU NIGHT...THEN SE OF THE GULF BASIN BY FRI AFTERNOON. STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDING OVER THE AREA WILL PRODUCE FRESH N WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT THU...INCREASING TO FRESH TO STRONG WITHIN 300 NM NW OF THE FRONT AS IT TRAVERSES THE GULF THU NIGHT AND FRI. THERE REMAINS A CHANCE GALE FORCE WINDS MAY OCCUR OVER THE SW GULF BRIEFLY THU PM. .TODAY...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .TUE...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .THU...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA WILL SLIDE SE AND WEAKEN TODAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE NE FL/GA COASTS. THE FRONT WILL REACH THE NE FL/GA COASTS TONIGHT...THEN STALL LATE TONIGHT INTO TUE BEFORE LIFTING BACK N AS WARM FRONT WED AND WED NIGHT. S WINDS INCREASE N OF THE BAHAMAS EARLY THU IN ADVANCE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THESE S WINDS WILL SPREAD QUICKLY E OVER THE REMAINDER OF OUR NORTHERN ZONES THRU THU PM. THE COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE NE FL/GA COASTS EARLY FRI AND EXTENDS TO 21N73W TO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS FRI EVENING. STRONG HIGH PRES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BRING FRESH TO STRONG NW WINDS AS WELL AS BUILDING SEAS FROM THE COLD FRONT NW TO THE FL/GA COASTS. .TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE TO S 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT IN THE EVENING... SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. .WED...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO 3 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .THU...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO SW TO W IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.