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FZNT27 KNHC 171532
OFFN06
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 AM CDT FRI SEP 17 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
MOVING W OR 260 DEG AT 7 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 105 KT
GUSTS 130 KT. KARL IS EXPECTED MAKE LANDFALL THIS AFTERNOON
NEAR 19.7N 96.3W. KARL WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INLAND TO NEAR
19.2N 96.9W THIS EVENING...THEN WEAKEN FURTHER TO TROPICAL
STORM STRENGTH AS IT MOVES NEAR 19.1N 98.2W BY EARLY SAT
MORNING. KARL WILL WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION BY SAT
AFTERNOON AND WILL DISSIPATE BY LATE SUN. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD
ACROSS THE GULF IN THE WAKE OF KARL.

NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W
INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
.THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT TONIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. .SUN THROUGH TUE...E WINDS 15 KT BECOMING E TO SE MON
AND TUE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.

SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W
...HURRICANE WARNING S OF 21N W OF 94W...
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS WITHIN 80 NM OF THE CENTER OF KARL. HIGHEST WINDS
105 KT GUSTS 130 KT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN AREA OF
TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS WITH HIGHEST SEAS 24
FT BUILDING TO 27 FT PRIOR TO LANDFALL. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 240
NM OF CENTER WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. REMAINDER OF
AREA WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. NUMEROUS SQUALLS
WITHIN 150 NM OF CENTER.
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...W OF 94W WINDS 20 TO 33 KT...BECOMING NE
TO E 10 TO 15 KT W OF TROUGH AND E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT E OF
TROUGH SAT NIGHT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FT SAT
NIGHT. E OF 94W E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING NE TO E 10
TO 15 KT SAT NIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT SAT
NIGHT. .SUN...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT N TO NE 15 KT
NEAR YUCATAN COAST DURING THE EVENING...AND EXCEPT VARIABLE 5
TO 10 KT W OF TROUGH THROUGHOUT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.MON AND TUE...N OF 21N E TO SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. S
OF 21N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT IN NE SWELL.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5
FT.
.SAT THROUGH TUE...NE TO E WINDS 15 KT BECOMING E TO SE 15 TO
20 KT TUE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT TUE.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5
FT.
.SAT THROUGH TUE...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT EXCEPT 20 TO 25 KT
STRAITS OF FLORIDA MON AND TUE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT EXCEPT TO 8 FT
STRAITS OF FLORIDA MON AND TUE.

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