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FZNT27 KNHC 090853
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
430 AM CDT FRI APR 09 2010

...PLEASE REFER TO THE COASTAL WATERS FORECAST AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR A MORE DETAILED
FORECAST WITHIN 60 NAUTICAL MILES OF THE COASTLINE...

SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT FROM 30N84W TO 25N86W TO 21N89W WILL
REACH FROM 29N82W TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA LATER THIS MORNING
THEN WILL MOVE SE OF THE GULF THIS EVENING. A TROUGH OF LOW
PRES WILL DEVELOP IN THE SW GULF TONIGHT. OTHERWISE HIGH PRES
BUILDS IN ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE GULF BEHIND THE FRONT
LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MON. ANOTHER TROUGH MAY DEVELOP AND MOVE
E ACROSS THE GULF LATE MON THROUGH TUE.

NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W
INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING E TO SE
10 TO 15 KT TONIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT
TONIGHT.
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT
BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT SAT NIGHT.
.SUN THROUGH TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 20 TO 25
KT MON THEN DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT TUE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT
BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT MON.

SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING
VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT NEAR TROUGH. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT IN NE SWELL
SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT TONIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS NEAR TROUGH.
.SAT THROUGH SUN...W OF TROUGH VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS
3 TO 4 FT IN NE SWELL. E OF TROUGH E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT
EXCEPT NE 20 KT NEAR COAST OF YUCATAN IN THE EVENINGS. SEAS 4
TO 7 FT IN NE SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS NEAR TROUGH.
.MON AND TUE...W OF TROUGH VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT BECOMING
NE TO E 15 TO 20 KT MON NIGHT AND TUE. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT BUILDING
TO 6 TO 9 FT IN NE SWELL MON NIGHT AND TUE. E OF TROUGH SE TO
S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT MON NIGHT AND
TUE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FT MON NIGHT AND TUE.
SCATTERED SHOWERS NEAR TROUGH.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...NW OF FRONT NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF
FRONT. .SAT THROUGH TUE...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20
KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT NW OF TROUGH AND BECOMING E TO
SE 20 TO 25 KT SE OF TROUGH MON NIGHT AND TUE NIGHT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT BUILDING TO 6 TO 10 FT MON NIGHT AND TUE. SCATTERED

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...W OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF FRONT.
.SAT THROUGH TUE...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 20
TO 25 KT MON NIGHT AND TUE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 8
FT MON NIGHT AND TUE.

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