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FZNT27 KNHC 090238
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 1030 PM CDT SAT MAY 08 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...COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND SW TO
28N90W...THEN BECOMES STATIONARY TO NEAR HOUSTON TEXAS. THE
COLD FRONT WILL DISSIPATE AS IT MOVES SE OVERNIGHT...WHILE
STATIONARY PORTION LIFTS BACK N AS A WARM FRONT THROUGH SUN
NIGHT AS STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS SE ACROSS THE REGION. THE
COMBINATION OF THE HIGH AND LOW PRES OVER TEXAS AND NE MEXICO
WILL TIGHTEN THE PRES GRADIENT AND PRODUCE INCREASING WINDS
AND SEAS ACROSS THE WESTERN AND MIDDLE GULF MON AND SPREAD
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA MON NIGHT THROUGH WED. WINDS
THEN WEAKEN OVER MOST SECTIONS ON THU AS HIGH PRES SETTLES
OVER THE NE GULF.

NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W
INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
.TONIGHT...N OF 27N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
S OF 27N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.MON THROUGH TUE...W OF 93W SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SE
TO S 20 TO 25 KT MON NIGHT. SEAS BUILDING 6 TO 8 FT. E OF 93W
SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SE TO S 20 KT MON NIGHT. SEAS
BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT.
.WED AND THU...W OF 93W SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9
FT. E OF 93W SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.

SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W
.TONIGHT...N OF 22N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
S OF 22N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT WITHIN 90 NM OF THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA COAST NE TO E 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4
FT...EXCEPT WITHIN 90 NM OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA COAST 4 TO 6
FT.
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15
TO 20 KT SUN NIGHT...EXCEPT WITHIN 90 NM OF THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA COAST DURING LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING NE TO E 20
TO 25 KT. SEAS SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT NEAR THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA 4 TO 6 FT.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT WITHIN 90 NM
OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA COAST MON NIGHT NE TO E 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT NEAR THE YUCATAN PENINSULA 4 TO 6 FT.
.TUE THROUGH THU...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT WITHIN
120 NM OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA COAST IN THE EVENINGS NE TO E
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT N OF 21N...AND 4 TO 7
FT S OF 21N.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TONIGHT...N OF 27N W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N TO
NE LATE. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. FROM 25N TO 27N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO
10 KT BECOMING N TO NE 10 KT LATE. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S OF 25N NE
TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT WITHIN 90 NM OF THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA COAST W OF 88W NE TO E 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4
FT...HIGHEST NEAR YUCATAN COAST.
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT WITHIN
90 NM OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA COAST W OF 88W DURING LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING NE TO E 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT
NEAR THE YUCATAN PENINSULA COAST W OF 88W MON NIGHT E 20 KT.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT N OF 26N...AND 3 TO 5 FT S OF 26N.
.TUE...SE WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT WITHIN 120
NM OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA COAST IN THE EVENING NE TO E 20 TO
25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT...HIGHEST S OF 25N.
.WED AND THU...S OF 26N E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO
6 TO 8 FT. N OF 26N E TO SE WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TONIGHT...N OF 28N W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 15
TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT LATE.
FROM 25N TO 28N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S
OF 25N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS ALONG FRONT.
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE TO
E LATE SUN NIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING
TO 15 TO 20 KT MON NIGHT...EXCEPT S OF 25N E 20 KT. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT N OF 25N...AND BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT S OF 25N.
.TUE...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT EXCEPT NE TO E 20 TO 25 KT S OF 24N
LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT...HIGHEST S OF 24N.
.WED AND THU...S OF 25N E WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS
BUILDING 5 TO 8 FT. FROM 25N TO TO 27N E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20
KT ...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT WED AFTERNOON. SEAS SUBSIDING
TO 2 TO 4 FT. N OF 27N E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING
VARIABLE LATE WED...THEN INCREASING TO SE 10 TO 15 KT THU.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FT LATE WED.


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