000 FZNT27 KNHC 240238 OFFN06 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1030 PM CDT WED JUN 23 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...A WIND SURGE ASSOCIATED WITH A TROPICAL WAVE OVER CENTRAL CUBA AND THE NW CARIBBEAN WILL PERSIST OVER THE SE GULF WATERS TONIGHT THROUGH FRI. AN EMBEDDED AREA OF LOW PRES...A POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE...MAY DEVELOP ALONG THE WAVE S OF CUBA THU THEN TRACK NW ACROSS THE YUCATAN CHANNEL AND INTO THE CENTRAL GULF WATERS BY LATE SUN INTO MON. NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY .TONIGHT AND THU...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 27N. .THU NIGHT THROUGH SUN...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT E OF 92W SUN. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 5 FT E OF 92W SUN. .MON...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT LATE. SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W .TONIGHT...N OF 22N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. S OF 22N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT 5 TO 10 KT S OF 20N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .THU THROUGH FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT E TO SE W OF 96W. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .SAT AND SUN...S OF 23N E OF 93W NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .MON...E OF 93W E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. W OF 93W N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT IN E SWELL. MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W .TONIGHT...S OF 26N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. N OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 25N. .THU THROUGH SAT...S OF 26N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. N OF 26N E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SUN AND MON...S OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...EXCEPT TO 10 FT NEAR YUCATAN CHANNEL. N OF 26N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT MON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS NEAR YUCATAN E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W .TONIGHT...N OF 26N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT LATE. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. S OF 26N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT... EXCEPT 25 TO 30 KT IN THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT EXCEPT 8 TO 11 FT IN THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 26N. .THU THROUGH SAT...N OF 26N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E TO SE SAT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. S OF 26N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT ...EXCEPT TO 25 KT IN THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA...BECOMING E TO SE SAT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT 8 TO 10 FT IN THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 26N. .SUN AND MON...N OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. S OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT...EXCEPT 9 TO 11 FT IN THE STRAITS OF $$