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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 430 PM CDT THU MAY 12 2011

...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...SE RETURN FLOW IN THE WESTERN GULF WILL DIMINISH
THROUGH FRI NIGHT AS HIGH PRES OVER THE NE GULF SHIFTS S AND
WEAKENS. A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW GULF LATE FRI NIGHT
THEN SLOWLY MOVE E AS IT REACHES FROM NEAR APALACHICOLA
FLORIDA TO 23N98W EARLY SAT EVENING...FROM FLORIDA BIG BEND
REGION TO 23N98W EARLY SUN MORNING...THEN DISSIPATE FROM NEAR
TAMPA BAY TO SE GULF EARLY MON. WEAK HIGH PRES WILL BUILD SE
OVER THE WESTERN PORTION TUE.

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

SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W
.TONIGHT AND FRI...W OF 94W E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15
KT...BECOMING VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT LATE FRI. SEAS 4 TO 6
FT. E OF 94W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...EXCEPT 10 TO 15 KT S OF 23N E
OF 94W. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT N OF 21N...AND 1 TO 3 FT S OF 21N.
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING N 10
TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.SUN...N TO NE WINDS 10 KT...EXCEPT W OF 95W SHIFTING TO SE
LATE. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.
.MON AND TUE...N TO NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...EXCEPT NE
PORTION 2 TO 4 FT IN N SWELL.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TONIGHT...N OF 26N E OF 88W VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1
TO 2 FT. S OF 26N W OF 88W SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7
FT. ELSEWHERE SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...N OF 27N SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT INCREASING TO
10 TO 15 KT FRI NIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FT. S
OF 27N SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT S OF
24N FRI NIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS AHEAD OF FRONT.
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...N OF 24N SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING
TO 20 KT N OF 28N...THEN BECOMING NW WINDS 15 KT BEHIND FRONT.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. S OF 24N S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG FRONT.
.SUN AND MON...NW OF FRONT W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. SE OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
.TUE...WINDS BECOMING NW TO N 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TONIGHT...N OF 26N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. S OF
26N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...N OF 27N W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. S
OF 27N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...N OF 25N SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT N
OF 28N INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4
FT. S OF 25N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS E OF FRONT.
.SUN AND MON...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT
SHIFTING TO W TO NW. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT N OF 25N...AND 1 TO 3 FT S
OF 25N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG FRONT.
.TUE...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.


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