000 FZNT27 KNHC 262015 OFFN06 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 415 PM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012 ...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS... .SYNOPSIS...THE LARGE NORTHERLY WIND FIELD ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE SANDY EXTENDS ACROSS THE GULF WATERS E OF 87W AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SAT. A COLD FRONT IS ENTERING THE FAR NW GULF REACHING FROM LAKE CHARLES LOUISIANA TO BROWNSVILLE TEXAS. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO NEAR TUXPAN MEXICO SAT MORNING...FROM NEAR SANIBEL ISLAND FLORIDA TO 22N96W TO THE W BAY OF CAMPECHE SUN MORNING...THEN WILL DISSIPATE FROM THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO THE NORTHERN YUCATAN AND BAY OF CAMPECHE ON MON. FRESH TO STRONG N WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL SPREAD E THROUGH MON. HIGH PRES WILL MOVE IN TO THE CENTRAL GULF FROM THE NW LATE TUE AND WIND WITH MORE TRANQUIL CONDITIONS SETTING UP. NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO .TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .SAT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .WED...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO .TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .SAT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .MON...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .WED...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.