000 FZNT24 KNHC 032107 OFFNT4 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 507 PM EDT THU APR 3 2014 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT. GMZ001-040915- SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO 507 PM EDT THU APR 3 2014 .SYNOPSIS...ATLANTIC RIDGE EXTENDS FROM SW N ATLANTIC W ALONG 30N ACROSS FLORIDA AND N GULF COASTS WILL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG RETURN FLOW THROUGH TONIGHT. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS BY EARLY FRI...STALL FROM THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO JUST S OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS FRI NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL LIFT BACK N A WARM FRONT SAT INTO EARLY SUN AS LOW PRES FORMS OVER NE TEXAS AND TRACKS NE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY WHILE RAPIDLY DEEPENING. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE FRONT TO SWEEP SE AS A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE NW GULF LATE SUN...REACHING TO A POSITION FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE BY LATE MON AFTERNOON...AND FROM SW FLORIDA TO NE YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY TUE AFTERNOON BEFORE MOVING TO JUST SE OF THE GULF TUE EVENING. $$ GMZ011-040915- NW GULF INCLUDING STETSON BANK- 507 PM EDT THU APR 3 2014 .TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 FT. PATCHES OF FOG. .FRI...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS EARLY...THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. .MON...NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .TUE...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. $$ GMZ013-040915- N CENTRAL GULF INCLUDING FLOWER GARDEN BANKS MARINE SANCTUARY- 507 PM EDT THU APR 3 2014 .TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. PATCHES OF FOG. .FRI...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE TO S 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TUE...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. $$ GMZ015-040915- NE GULF N OF 25N E OF 87W- 507 PM EDT THU APR 3 2014 .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. .FRI NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT LATE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. .SAT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .SUN...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TUE...W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. $$ GMZ017-040915- W CENTRAL GULF FROM 22N TO 26N W OF 94W- 507 PM EDT THU APR 3 2014 .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. $$ GMZ019-040915- CENTRAL GULF FROM 22N TO 26N BETWEEN 87W AND 94W- 507 PM EDT THU APR 3 2014 .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .MON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .TUE...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. $$ GMZ021-040915- E GULF FROM 22N TO 25N E OF 87W INCLUDING STRAITS OF FLORIDA- 507 PM EDT THU APR 3 2014 .TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. .SAT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS. .SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TUE...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. $$ GMZ023-040915- SW GULF S OF 22N W OF 94W- 507 PM EDT THU APR 3 2014 .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SAT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .TUE...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. $$ GMZ025-040915- E BAY OF CAMPECHE INCLUDING CAMPECHE BANK- 507 PM EDT THU APR 3 2014 .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF CAMPECHE...AND 4 TO 7 FT ELSEWHERE. .FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SAT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. $$ FORECASTER AGUIRRE