000 FZNT27 KNHC 170321 OFFN06 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1021 PM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS... .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT FROM NEW ORLEANS SW TO INLAND THE NE COAST OF MEXICO WILL QUICKLY REACH FROM NEAR APALACHICOLA FLORIDA SW TO 26N93W TO NE MEXICO NEAR 24N976W LATE TONIGHT...FROM TAMPA SW TO 24N91W TO VERACRUZ EARLY TUE AFTERNOON...FROM NAPLES SW TO THE NE YUCATAN PENINSULA AND TO THE EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE TUE NIGHT...AND TO SE OF THE GULF EARLY ON WED. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE GULF BEHIND THE FRONT. THE RESULTING TIGHT PRES GRADIENT IS EXPECTED TO BRING STRONG TO MINIMAL GALE FORCE NW TO N WINDS ALONG THE COAST OF VERACRUZ LATE TUE NIGHT INTO EARLY WED AFTERNOON. THE HIGH PRES WILL SHIFT TO THE EASTERN PORTION FRI AND FRI NIGHT PRODUCING A VERY TIGHT GRADIENT OF FRESH TO STRONG E TO SE FLOW OVER MUCH OF THE GULF. THIS FLOW WILL WEAKEN ON SAT AS THE GRADIENT RELAXES SOME. NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO .OVERNIGHT...W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT BEHIND COLD FRONT N 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. BETWEEN 90W AND 94W...SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. W OF 94W...SEAS 6 TO 8 FT EXCEPT 8 TO 10 FT S OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .TUE...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. .WED...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. .WED NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .SAT...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO .OVERNIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .TUE...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .WED...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .WED NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .THU...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN SE SWELL. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.