000 FZNT25 KNHC 042104 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 404 PM EST THU FEB 4 2016 ...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS... SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM NORTHERN FLORIDA NEAR 30N82W TO 25N87W TO THE WESTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA. THE FRONT WILL STRETCH FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE NE YUCATAN PENINSULA TONIGHT BEFORE MOVING SE OF THE AREA EARLY FRI. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED W OF THE FRONT IN THE SW GULF TODAY AND WILL SHIFT TOWARD THE WESTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA THIS EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING. TROUGHING WILL INCREASE OVER THE EASTERN GULF SAT AS LOW PRES DEVELOPS E OF FLORIDA. HIGH PRES WILL MOVE INTO THE W GULF SUN. A NEW COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE N CENTRAL AND NE GULF MON NIGHT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .FRI...N TO NE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 15 TO 20 KT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. .SAT NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. .MON...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TUE...W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE NW WATERS THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL REACH FROM NEAR 31N78W TO DAYTONA BEACH THIS EVENING...FROM NEAR 31N75W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA FRI MORNING AND FROM NEAR 31N65W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA SAT MORNING BEFORE RAPIDLY LIFTING N AS A WARM FRONT THROUGH SAT NIGHT. LOW PRES WILL DEVELOP N OF THE BAHAMAS SAT NIGHT AND SEND A NEW COLD FRONT EASTWARD FROM 31N76W TO CENTRAL CUBA SUN MORNING THEN TO 31N69W TO EASTERN CUBA SUN NIGHT BEFORE WEAKENING OVER SE WATERS MON...WITH STRONG GALE FORCE WINDS POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHERN WATERS LATE SUN THROUGH EARLY MON. A SURFACE TOUGH NEAR 60W WILL MOVE NW...PASSING 65W FRI AND WEAKENING AS IT MERGES WITH THE COLD FRONT SAT. .TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S TO SW 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT... THEN...SHIFTING TO SW TO W LATE IN THE NIGHT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. .FRI...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. S OF 27N...SEAS 2 FT OR LESS... BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NE 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 9 FT N OF 27N. .SAT...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. .SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. .SUN...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND 7 TO 10 FT N OF 27N. .SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 7 TO 10 FT N OF 27N. .MON...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W TO NW 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 6 TO 9 FT N OF 27N. .MON NIGHT...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 27N...AND 7 TO 10 FT N OF 27N. .TUE...W WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 7 TO 10 FT N OF 27N. .TUE NIGHT...W WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 7 TO 10 FT N OF 27N.