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FZNT27 KNHC 150932
OFFN06
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
430 AM CDT SUN AUG 15 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 WEAK HIGH PRES RIDGE EXTENDS FROM THE E CENTRAL
GULF W ALONG 26N...THEN NW AND INTO SE TEXAS THIS MORNING AND
WILL WEAKEN THROUGH MON AS ELONGATED LOW PRES ACROSS THE SE
GULF STATES SINKS S TO THE N GULF COASTS LATE TONIGHT. THIS
LOW WILL THEN SHIFT SLOWLY SW TO NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI BY TUE MORNING AND THEN TURN NW AND INLAND ACROSS
SW LOUISIANA TUE EVENING AND NIGHT. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL
FOR THIS LOW PRES SYSTEM TO GENERATE SIGNIFICANT SHOWERS AND
TSTMS AS IT MOVES OVER WATER...AND PRODUCE STRONG SOUTHERLY

NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W
INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
.TODAY THROUGH MON NIGHT...N OF 27N SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT.
SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S OF 27N W OF 94W SE TO S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2
TO 3 FT. S OF 27N E OF 94W VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2
FT. .TUE...N OF 28N SW TO W WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. S OF
28N S TO SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT EXCEPT 3 TO 5 FT FAR
NE PORTIONS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS NE PART.
.WED...N OF 28N SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. S OF 28N
S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.THU...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W
.TODAY THROUGH TUE...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING NE TO E
15 TO 20 KT ALONG THE N AND W COASTS OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA
EACH EVENING. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS ISOLATED TSTMS
S OF 21N.
.WED AND THU...SE TO S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TODAY THROUGH MON...N OF 27N SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT
INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT MON AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT
BUILDING 3 TO 5 FT. S OF 27N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1
TO 2 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N PART.
.MON NIGHT AND TUE...N OF 26N S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT SEAS 3
TO 5 FT. S OF 26N SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
ISOLATED TSTMS FAR N WATERS.
.WED AND THU...SE TO S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...N OF 27N SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2
TO 3 FT. FROM 24N TO 27N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2
FT. S OF 24N NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. ISOLATED
TSTMS FLORIDA BAY.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...N OF 27N S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING
TO 10 TO 15 KT MON NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S OF 27N SW TO S
WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.TUE THROUGH THU...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.

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