000 FZNT27 KNHC 050931 OFFN06 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 431 AM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 ...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS... .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES CENTERED ALONG E CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST WILL SLIDE E ACROSS THE WESTERN ATLANTIC TODAY ALLOWING FOR STRONG SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW OVER THE NW GULF IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW PORTIONS LATE THIS MORNING...THEN REACH FROM NEAR APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO NEAR TUXPAN MEXICO THIS EVENING...FROM NEAR FORT MYERS TO THE FAR SW GULF WED MORNING...AND TO SE OF THE GULF WED EVENING. HIGH PRES WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL SHIFT EASTWARD ACROSS THE AREA THU AND FRI. NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO .TODAY...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING W TO NW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .WED...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .FRI...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .SAT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO .TODAY...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TONIGHT...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NW 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .WED...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .WED NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. .SAT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.