000 FZNT27 KNHC 041534 OFFN06 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1030 AM CDT SAT SEP 04 2010 ...PLEASE REFER TO THE COASTAL WATERS FORECAST AVAILABLE THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR A MORE DETAILED FORECAST WITHIN 60 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COASTLINE... SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO .SYNOPSIS...A WEAK COLD FRONT SINKING INTO THE FAR N GULF WATERS THIS MORNING WILL STALL ALONG 29N LATE TONIGHT THEN GRADUALLY DRIFT N AND DISSIPATE THROUGH TUE. A SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDING FROM NEAR TAMPA BAY W-SW TO NEAR 26N91W THEN BECOMING A BROAD TROUGH EXTENDING SW INTO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE NEAR 19N95W WILL DRIFT N AND NW THROUGH MON NIGHT AND GRADUALLY MOVE INLAND... WITH ACTIVE WEATHER PERSISTING NEAR TROUGH. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE GULF WATERS MON NIGHT NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY .THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WITH PERIODS OF WINS 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .SUN NIGHT THROUGH WED...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BUILDING 5 TO 8 FT TUE AND WED. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS W PART. SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W .THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...W OF TROUGH NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. E OF TROUGH E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. WIND AND SEAS HIGHER NEAR SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS THROUGHOUT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...W OF TROUGH NW TO N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. E OF TROUGH E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS NEAR TROUGH. .MON...W OF TROUGH N WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. E OF TROUGH SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS W OF 93W. .TUE AND WED...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT SHIFTING TO NE WITHIN 90 NM OF YUCATAN COAST DURING EVENING. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT EXCEPT 3 TO 5 FT S OF 21N. ISOLATED TSTMS. MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W .THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUN...N OF 27N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. S OF 27N SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 24N. .SUN NIGHT...N OF 27N SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. S OF 27N SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. .MON AND TUE...S OF 27N W OF 88W SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. ELSEWHERE E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .WED...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W .THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUN NIGHT...N OF 27N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. S OF 27N SE TO S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS FLORIDA STRAITS. SCATTERED SHOWERS ISOLATED TSTMS N PART. .MON...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT N OF 26N AND 10 TO 15 KT S OF 26N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT EXCEPT TO 4 FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA. ISOLATED TSTMS N PART. .TUE AND WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT 15 TO 20 STRAITS OF FLORIDA. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 6 FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA. ISOLATED TSTMS S PART. $$