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FZNT27 KNHC 081530
OFFN06
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 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 BROAD TROUGH OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN ALONG 82W
EXTENDING N ACROSS MUCH OF S AND CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL MOVE W
ACROSS THE FLORIDA STRAITS AND INTO THE E GULF THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING THEN WEAKEN ALONG 87W ON THU. THE TAIL END OF AN
ATLC COLD FRONT WILL SINK INTO THE NE GULF COASTAL WATERS SUN.
OTHERWISE WEAK HIGH PRES WILL DOMINATE THE GULF THROUGH THE
PERIOD.

NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W
INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT
GRADUALLY BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT THIS EVENING. SEAS 5 TO
9 FT IN SE SWELL 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
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...W OF 93W SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20
KT BECOMING E TO SE WINDS 15 KT THIS EVENING. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
ELSEWHERE E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE 15 TO 20 KT
NEAR YUCATAN COAST DURING THE EVENING. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS W OF 94W.
.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
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...S OF 24N E TO SE WINDS 15 KT.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. N OF 24N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING
TO NE WINDS E PORTIONS LATE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
ISOLATED TSTMS E PORTIONS LATE.
.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
.THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THU NIGHT...N OF 25N E TO SE WINDS 10
KT BECOMING NE TO E WINDS THIS EVENING. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. S OF
25N E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT EXCEPT 5 TO 7 FT
STRAITS OF FLORIDA. WIND AND SEAS HIGHER NEAR SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.FRI AND SAT...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS N PORTIONS.
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS N
PORTIONS.

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