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FZNT27 KNHC 170234
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 1030 PM CDT MON AUG 16 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...LOW NEAR 29N87W 1009 MB MOVING NW AT 7 KT WILL MOVE
INLAND SE LOUISIANA TUE MORNING WITH THE POSSIBLY FOR IT TO
BECOME A TROPICAL CYCLONE. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD W ALONG 28N WED
AND REMAIN THROUGH SAT.

NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W
INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
.TONIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...EXCEPT E OF 93W W TO NW
10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...EXCEPT N OF 27N E OF 93W 2 TO 3
FT. SCATTERED TSTMS N OF 26N.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...N OF 27N WINDS BECOMING S TO SW 10 TO 15
KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. S OF 27N S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10
KT...SHIFTING TO SE TO S IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
SCATTERED TSTMS N OF 27N TUE.
.WED THROUGH FRI...N OF 27N S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2
TO 3 FT. S OF 27N SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N PORTION WED.
.SAT...N OF 27N S TO SW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1
TO 2 FT. S OF 27N SE TO S WINDS DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT...
EXCEPT FAR W PORTION SE TO S 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...HIGHEST
FAR W PORTION.

SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W
.TONIGHT...N OF 20N NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S
OF 20N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED
TSTMS S OF 21N E OF 92W.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...N OF 22N WINDS BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO 15
KT TUE NIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. S OF 22N SE TO S WINDS 10 KT...
BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT TUE NIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.
.WED THROUGH SAT...WINDS E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT NEAR THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA COAST BECOMING NE TO E 15 KT EACH EVENING.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TONIGHT...N OF 27N S TO SW WINDS 15 KT...EXCEPT W OF 88W W TO
NW. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. FROM 24N TO 27N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT.
SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S OF 24N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3
FT. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER NEAR SCATTERED TSTMS N OF 28N W OF
88W.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...N OF 28N W OF 87W S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15
KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 27N SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15
KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. S OF 27N SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2
TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS NW PORTION EARLY TUE.
.WED AND WED NIGHT...N OF 27N S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT. S OF 27N SE TO S WINDS 10 KT...EXCEPT S
OF 24N BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 28N.
.THU THROUGH SAT...N OF 27N S TO SW WINDS DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. FROM 25N TO 27N SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT.
SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S OF 25N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT
NEAR YUCATAN COAST E 15 TO 20 KT IN THE EVENINGS. SEAS 2 TO 3
FT.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TONIGHT...N OF 27N S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
S OF 27N SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 27N. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF
27N. .TUE AND TUE NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT
THROUGHOUT... EXCEPT S OF 24N BECOMING E TO SE TUE NIGHT. SEAS
1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 25N. ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 25N.
.WED AND WED NIGHT...N OF 25N WINDS SHIFTING TO S TO SW 5 TO 10
KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S OF 25N WINDS E TO SE INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S PART.
.THU AND FRI...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. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.SAT...N OF 27N SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. FROM 25N
TO 27N WINDS BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. S
OF 25N E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.


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