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FZNT27 KNHC 080855
OFFN06
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
430 AM CDT WED SEP 08 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 TROUGH WILL DRIFT W THROUGH THE FLORIDA STRAITS
THROUGH THU NIGHT. THE TAIL END OF A COLD FRONT WILL BRUSH THE
NE GULF WATERS LATE SAT AND SUN. OTHERWISE A WEAK RIDGE WILL
DOMINATE THE GULF THROUGH THE PERIOD.

NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W
INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO
10 TO 15 KT TONIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT
TONIGHT. .THU THROUGH FRI...W OF 94W SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15
KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. E OF 94W SE TO S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3
FT. .SAT AND SUN...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.

SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT NE NEAR
YUCATAN COAST DURING THIS EVENING. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT IN SE SWELL N
OF 20N SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT TONIGHT...AND 1 TO 3 FT S OF 20N
THROUGHOUT.
.THU THROUGH SUN...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT NE NEAR
YUCATAN COAST DURING THE EVENINGS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...EXCEPT 1 TO
3 FT S OF 21N.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT
SHIFTING TO NE NEAR YUCATAN COAST THIS EVENING. SEAS 2 TO 4
FT. .THU THROUGH FRI...E TO SE WINDS 10 KT...EXCEPT BECOMING
NE TO E 10 TO 15 KT NEAR YUCATAN COAST DURING THE EVENINGS.
SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.
.SAT AND SUN...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING VARIABLE N
OF 28N. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG AND AHEAD OF

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TODAY THROUGH THU NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.
.FRI AND SAT...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG AND AHEAD OF FRONT.
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS N
PORTION.

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