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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 330 PM CST WED DEC 15 2010

...PLEASE REFER TO THE COASTAL MARINE FORECASTS (CWF) 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...FRESH TO STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE NW GULF
WILL SPREAD OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL GULF TONIGHT AS HIGH
PRES OVER FLORIDA SHIFTS E...AND LOW PRES DIGS INTO THE MID
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY LATE THU AHEAD
OF A COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO THE NORTHERN GULF EARLY FRI. LOW
PRES WILL FORM ALONG THE FRONT LATE FRI OVER THE NE
GULF...THEN SHIFT NE. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SE AND EXTEND FROM
THE BIG BEND OF FLORIDA TO NEAR VERACRUZ MEXICO BY SAT
MORNING...AND SE OF THE AREA ON SUN.

NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W
INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT W OF
94W...AND 5 TO 8 FT E OF 94W.
.THU AND THU NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO
10 TO 15 KT THU NIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FT
THU NIGHT.
.FRI THROUGH SAT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW TO N
20 TO 25 KT BEHIND FRONT THEN BECOMING N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT LATE
SAT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT BEHIND FRONT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG FRONT.
.SUN...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING E TO SE LATE. SEAS 5
TO 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT LATE.
.MON...W OF 94W S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. E OF 94W
SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W
.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS 6 TO 8 FT N OF 22N AND 4 TO 6 FT S OF 22N.
.THU THROUGH FRI NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING
TO 10 TO 15 KT FRI...THEN BECOMING NW TO N 20 TO 30 KT BEHIND
FRONT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT FRI...THEN
BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT BEHIND FRONT. SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG
FRONT. .SAT...W OF FRONT N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT BECOMING N TO NE
15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. E OF FRONT W TO NW WINDS 10
TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG FRONT.
.SUN...W OF 95W E TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. E OF 95W N
TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT IN N SWELL SUBSIDING TO
4 TO 5 FT LATE.
.MON...N OF 22N W OF 94W S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
ELSEWHERE SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TONIGHT...N OF 27N SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING S TO SW
WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT LATE. S
OF 27N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING SE TO S WINDS 15 TO
20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.THU...N OF 26N S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. S OF
26N SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.THU NIGHT AND FRI...N OF 26N S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT
DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT. S OF
26N SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT.
.FRI NIGHT AND SAT...SW TO W 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING NW WINDS 20
TO 25 KT BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT
BEHIND FRONT. SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG FRONT.
.SUN...N OF 26N NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING N TO NE WINDS 5
TO 10 KT LATE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. S OF 26N NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20
KT BECOMING N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT IN
N SWELL.
.MON...E TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT N OF 26N AND 3 TO 5
FT S OF 26N.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TONIGHT...N OF 26N SE TO S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. S OF
26N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING SE LATE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.THU THROUGH FRI NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S
TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO
3 TO 5 FT N OF 26N.
.SAT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING NW TO N 20 TO 25 KT
BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT BEHIND
FRONT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG FRONT.
.SUN...NW TO N WINDS 20 KT BECOMING N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT LATE.
SEAS 5 TO 8 FT IN NW SWELL.
.MON...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT N OF 26N AND 4
TO 6 FT S OF 26N.


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