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FZNT27 KNHC 071509
OFFN06
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 AM CDT FRI MAY 07 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...WEAK FRONTAL TROUGH ACROSS NE GULF WILL SLOWLY LIFT
N AND INTO THE N COASTS BY THIS AFTERNOON AS A WEAK HIGH PRES
FORMING OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO EXPANDS W AND NW.
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW IS INCREASING OVER THE FAR WESTERN WATERS
AS LOW PRES DEEPENS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL DROP S
ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST SAT MORNING AND REMAIN NEARLY
STATIONARY ACROSS W PORTIONS WHILE DROPPING S ACROSS THE E
PORTIONS OF THE GULF...REACHING FROM S CENTRAL LOUISIANA TO
NEAR THE TAMPA BAY AREA SUN AFTERNOON BEFORE DISSIPATING AND
LIFTING N OF AREA LATE SUN INTO MON. HIGH PRES IN THE WAKE OF
THE FRONT WILL THEN BUILD S ACROSS THE GULF LATE SAT THROUGH
TUE AS LOW PRES AGAIN INTENSIFIES W OF THE AREA.

NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W
INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...W OF 95W SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20
KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. E OF 95W SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3
TO 5 FT.
.SAT...N OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. S
OF FRONT E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...HIGHEST W
OF 95W.
.SAT NIGHT AND SUN...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15
TO 20 KT SUN AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.MON AND TUE...W OF 93W SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT....INCREASING TO
20 TO 25 KT LATE MON AND TUE. SEAS BUILDING 5 TO 7 FT EARLY
MON AND 6 TO 9 FT LATER ON MON AND TUE. E OF 93W E TO SE WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SE TO S TUE. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 TO 8

SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...N OF 22N SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT
EXCEPT 15 TO 20 KT NW PART. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S OF 22N E TO SE
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT NE WINDS 20 KT NEAR COAST OF YUCATAN
IN THE EVENING. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.SAT THROUGH SUN...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT NE WINDS 20
TO 25 KT WITHIN 90 NM OF THE YUCATAN COAST IN THE EVENINGS.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT SAT NIGHT.
.MON...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT
WITHIN 90 NM OF THE YUCATAN COAST IN THE EVENING. SEAS 4 TO 6
FT. .TUE...SE WINDS INCREASING 15 TO 20 KT OCCASIONALLY 25 KT.
SEAS BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT N OF 21N...AND 4 TO 6 FT S OF 21N.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...N OF 26N S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10
KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 10 KT...EXCEPT NE
TO E WINDS 20 KT NEAR THE YUCATAN COAST IN THE EVENING. SEAS 2
TO 3 FT...EXCEPT 3 TO 4 NEAR THE YUCATAN COAST IN THE EVENING.
.SAT THROUGH SUN...N OF 27N SW TO W WINDS 10 KT SHIFTING NW TO
N 10 TO 15 KT BEHIND FRONT LATE SAT MORNING...BECOMING N TO NE
10 TO 15 KT SAT NIGHT AND INCREASING TO NE TO E 15 TO 20 KT
SUN. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT SUN. FROM 25N TO
27N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. S OF 25N E TO SE
WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 10 TO 15 KT AT
NIGHT...EXCEPT 20 KT NEAR THE YUCATAN PENINSULA IN THE
EVENINGS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT LATE SUN.
.MON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT 20 KT NEAR THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA IN THE EVENING. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT N OF 26N...AND 3 TO 5
FT S OF 26N.
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 TO 5 FT N
OF 27N AND 5 TO 7 FT S OF 27N.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...N OF 26N S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10
KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...EXCEPT
NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 24N. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...EXCEPT 2
TO 3 FT S OF 24N.
.SAT THROUGH SUN...N OF 27N W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT SAT
BECOMING N TO NE AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE SAT
NIGHT... THEN DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE SUN. SEAS
BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FT SAT NIGHT...AND SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2 FT
SUN. FROM 25N TO 27N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS NEAR 1
FT. S OF 25N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG FRONT. .MON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15
KT EXCEPT NE TO E WINDS 20 KT S OF 24N AT NIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4
FT...HIGHEST FAR S PART. .TUE...E TO SE WINDS INCREASING TO 15
TO 20 KT EXCEPT NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 24N LATE. SEAS
BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT... HIGHEST S OF 24N.

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