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FZNT27 KNHC 170932
OFFN06
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
430 AM CDT TUE AUG 17 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...LOW PRES ACROSS THE N CHANDELEUR ISLANDS NEAR
30N89W 1007 MB MOVING W-NW AT 8 KT AT 0800 UTC WILL MOVE
INLAND ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS OF SE LOUISIANA AND S
MISSISSIPPI THIS MORNING AND THEN TURN MORE NW THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. MODERATE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS N
CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE GULF AS THIS LOW PRES SYSTEM MOVES
INLAND TODAY. AS THE LOW LIFTS FARTHER NW AND OUT OF THE
REGION WED NIGHT...HIGH PRES WILL BUILD W ALONG 27N THEN SHIFT

NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W
INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...N OF 27N VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT
BECOMING S TO SW 10 TO 15 KT THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS BUILDING 2 TO
4 FT. S OF 27N S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING SE TO S 10
KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. WIND AND SEAS HIGHER NEAR
SCATTERED TSTMS N OF 27N.
.WED THROUGH FRI...N OF 27N S TO SW 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 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
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...N OF 22N WINDS E TO SE 10 KT INCREASING TO
10 TO 15 KT TONIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. S OF 22N SE TO S WINDS 10
KT...BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT THIS EVENING. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 22N THROUGH TONIGHT.
.WED THROUGH SAT...E TO SE WINDS 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
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...N OF 27.5N W OF 87W S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20
KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 27.5N S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. S OF 27.5N SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. WIND AND SEAS HIGHER NEAR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS NW
PORTION THROUGH THIS EVENING.
.WED AND WED NIGHT...N OF 25N S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 4 FT. S OF 25N 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 4

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 KT THROUGHOUT...EXCEPT S
OF 24N BECOMING E TO SE TONIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS S OF 25N. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS
N OF 25N.
.WED AND WED NIGHT...N OF 25N S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S
OF 25N WINDS E TO SE 5 TO 10 KT INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE.
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 TO 15 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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