000 FZNT27 KNHC 060930 OFFN06 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 430 AM CDT WED APR 06 2011 ...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...COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM FAR S FLORIDA TO 22N90W TO 17N93W THIS MORNING. FRONT WILL REMAIN STATIONARY W OF 85W TODAY WHILE E PORTION SINKS SE INTO STRAITS OF FLORIDA...THEN WILL DISSIPATE TONIGHT WHILE PORTIONS W OF 85W BEGIN TO LIFT N INTO CENTRAL GULF. HIGH PRES RIDGE BEHIND ADVANCING FRONT ACROSS THE ATLC WILL EXTEND W INTO SE U.S. AND INDUCE MODERATE RETURN FLOW ACROSS BASIN BY LATE AFTERNOON AND BECOME FRESH SE TO S FLOW WEST OF 90W FRI THROUGH SUN. NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY .TODAY THROUGH THU NIGHT....SE WINDS 15 KT BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT TONIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 4 FT LATE THIS AFTERNOON BUILDING 4 TO 6 FT THU NIGHT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...SE TO S WINDS 20 KT INCREASING TO 25 KT SAT AND SUN. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT LATE SAT. SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W .TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITHIN 120 W OF FRONT S OF 20N N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING NE TO E 10 TO 15 KT TONIGHT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT IN N SWELL SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 5 FT TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT N OF 21N W OF 94W TONIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN NE SWELL SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 5 FT TONIGHT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT EXCEPT BECOMING NE TO E NEAR YUCATAN COAST DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI THROUGH SUN...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT BUILDING TO 7 TO 9 FT NW PART LATE SAT. MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W .TODAY...N OF FRONT NE TO E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT... HIGHEST NEAR FRONT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT LATE. S OF FRONT E TO SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN NE SWELL SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 5 FT LATE. .TONIGHT THROUGH FRI...E TO SE WINDS 15 KT BECOMING SE TO S THU. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SAT AND SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BUILDING TO 7 FT N PORTIONS SUN. E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W .TODAY AND TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING SE THIS EVENING. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT TONIGHT. .THU THROUGH SUN...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 5 FT S OF 25N SAT. $$