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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 1030 AM CDT THU AUG 19 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...WEAK RIDGE FROM SW FLORIDA TO NEAR 24N93W WILL
SHIFT N TO 27N FRI NIGHT. ANOTHER WEAK HIGH PRES CENTER WILL
DEVELOP OVER THE PORTION SAT...SHIFT N TO NEAR 26N BY
SAT...THEN SHIFT BACK S TO 25N SUN AND MON. A STRONG TROPICAL
WAVE OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN WILL MOVE ACROSS THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA AND ADJACENT GULF WATERS TONIGHT...ACROSS THE SW
GULF FRI AND FRI NIGHT AND INTO MAINLAND MEXICO LATE SAT.

NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W
INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2
TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ENTIRE AREA.
.FRI THROUGH SAT...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 3 TO 4 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS OVER S PORTION.
.SUN...N OF 27N WINDS SW TO WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
S OF 27N WINDS BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT IN
SE SWELL.
.MON...SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT
NEAR THE YUCATAN COAST BECOMING NE TO E 15 TO 20 KT TONIGHT.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS FAR SE PART
TONIGHT. .FRI THROUGH SAT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4
TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SQUALLS AND TSTMS NEAR WAVE.
.SUN AND MON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT NEAR YUCATAN
COAST NE 15 TO 20 KT IN THE EVENINGS. SEAS 4 TO 6
FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT LATE MON.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...N OF 27N SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 2 TO 3 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 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 27N.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...N OF 26N WINDS BECOMING S TO SW 5 TO 10
KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. FROM 24N TO 26N SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. S OF 24N SE WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6
FT LATE. SCATTERED SQUALLS AND TSTMS S OF 25N.
.SAT AND SUN...N OF 27N SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2
FT. FROM 24N TO 27N S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. S OF
24N SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT IN SE SWELL.
.MON...N OF 25N SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. S OF
25N SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRI NIGHT...N OF 26N 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 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS FAR SE PART AND STRAITS
OF FLORIDA.
.SAT THROUGH MON...N OF 26N SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING
S TO SW 10 TO 15 KT MON. SEAS 2 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 4 FT MON.
S OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 10 KT...SHIFTING TO SE TO S SUN. SEAS 1
TO 2 FT.


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