000 FZNT27 KNHC 211444 OFFN06 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1044 AM EDT MON OCT 21 2013 ...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS... .SYNOPSIS...A STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM NEAR TAMPA FLORIDA TO 27N89W WHERE IT BECOMES A WARM FRONT TO NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO. THE STATIONARY PORTION WILL BECOME DIFFUSE BY TONIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST TUE MORNING...REACH FROM APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO TAMPICO MEXICO TUE EVENING...AND FROM SOUTH FLORIDA TO 22N93W TO 18N95W IN THE SW GULF WED EVENING. STRONG TO NEAR GALE FORCE WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT ALONG THE VERACRUZ COAST...WITH FRESH TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG N TO NE WINDS ELSEWHERE PERSISTING THROUGH LATE WEEK. NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO .THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .TUE...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO .THIS AFTERNOON...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .TUE...NE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .WED...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .FRI...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.