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FZNT27 KNHC 290251
OFFN06
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 PM CDT THU JUL 28 2011

...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...TROPICAL STORM DON NEAR 24.7N 92.5W AT 10 PM MOVING
WNW AT 12 KT. MINIMUM PRESSURE 998 MB. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
45 KT GUSTS TO 55 KT. DON WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WNW THROUGH FRI
EVENING AND MOVE INLAND ACROSS THE SOUTH TEXAS COAST EARLY SAT.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE
WESTERN GULF BETWEEN 24N AND 28N W OF 90W.

NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W
INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING S OF 28N...
.TONIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN
85 NM OF DON. MAXIMUM WINDS 55 KT GUST TO 65 KT. HIGHEST SEAS
18 FT. N OF 28N E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT IN
SE SWELL. ELSEWHERE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED TSTMS S OF 28N.
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT.
.SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.MON AND TUE...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING N OF 24N E OF 94W...
.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS N OF 24N E OF 94W.
MAXIMUM WINDS 45 GUSTS TO 55 KT. HIGHEST SEAS 14 FT. S OF 22N
VARIABLE WINDS 5 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. ELSEWHERE E TO SE WINDS
10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED TSTMS N
OF 23N. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...N OF 24N W OF 95W SW TO W WINDS
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .MON AND TUE...N OF 22N NE TO E WINDS 10 KT.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. S OF 22N N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TONIGHT...W OF 88W SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. E OF
88W E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SQUALLS AND TSTMS N OF 26N.
.FRI...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.FRI NIGHT THROUGH SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT
5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.MON AND TUE...N OF 25N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2
FT. S OF 25N E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TONIGHT THROUGH SAT...N OF 25N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
3 TO 4 FT. S OF 25N E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS ISOLATED TSTMS THROUGH THIS EVENING.
.SUN THROUGH TUE...N OF 25N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1
TO 2 FT. S OF 25N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

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