000 FZNT27 KNHC 140257 OFFN06 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1030 PM CDT WED OCT 13 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...HURRICANE PAULA OVER YUCATAN CHANNEL NEAR 21.9N SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 75 KT GUSTS 90 KT. PAULA WILL WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES TO NEAR 22.3N 84.9W THU MORNING... THEN MOVE ACROSS WESTERN CUBA TO NEAR 22.7N 83.6W THU NIGHT... AND NEAR 22.8N 82.1W FRI MORNING...THEN WILL GRADUALLY TURN SE AND CONTINUE TO WEAKEN TO A DEPRESSION OVER CENTRAL CUBA NEAR 22.5N 80.7W BY FRI NIGHT...AND NEAR 22.0N 79.5W BY SAT NIGHT. A WEAK COLD FRONT FROM N FLORIDA EXTENDS SW TO 22N95W. THE FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE SE AND DISSIPATE THROUGH THU MORNING BEFORE A STRONGER REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SE ACROSS THE AREA THU THROUGH EARLY FRI NIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN PORTION FRI NIGHT THROUGH SUN THEN SHIFT TO NE OF THE GULF MON. NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE THU NIGHT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT N OF 28N FRI NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 28N AND 1 TO 3 FT N OF 28N. .SAT...W OF 95W E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. E OF 95W NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. .SUN...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. .MON...W OF 95W SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. E OF 95W E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING NE TO E FRI NIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT...W OF 95W VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT SHIFTING E TO SE 10 KT LATE. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. E OF 95W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT NE WINDS 15 KT NEAR YUCATAN COAST. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .MON...W OF 94W SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. E OF 94W NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W ...HURRICANE WARNING S OF 23N E OF 86W... .TONIGHT...HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 60 NM OF CENTER OF PAULA. HIGHEST WINDS 75 KT GUSTS 90 KT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 60 NM N SEMICIRCLE...45 NM SE QUADRANT... AND 30 NM SW QUADRANT. HIGHEST SEAS 18 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 25N WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT. N OF 25N NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT FROM 25N TO 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. NUMEROUS TSTMS IN SQUALLS WITHIN 120 NM OF PAULA. .THU AND THU NIGHT...S OF 24N E OF 87W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 33 KT EARLY...DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25 KT THU NIGHT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT... SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 8 FT THU NIGHT. ELSEWHERE WINDS BECOMING NW TO N 15 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO N TO NE THU NIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...S OF 24N E OF 87W N TO NE WINDS DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. ELSEWHERE NW TO N WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT FROM 24N TO 28N...AND TO 1 TO 3 FT N OF 28N FRI NIGHT. .SAT AND SUN...N OF 25N NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. S OF 25N NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON...S OF 25N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. N OF 25N WINDS BECOMING E TO SE 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W ...HURRICANE WARNING S OF 24N... .TONIGHT THROUGH FRI...S OF 24N NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT AND FURTHER INCREASING TO HURRICANE STRENGTH S OF 23N LATE TONIGHT BEFORE DIMINISHING TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH THU MORNING AS PAULA MOVES INLAND OVER WESTERN CUBA. HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 60 NM OF CENTER OF PAULA. HIGHEST WINDS 75 KT GUSTS 90 KT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 60 NM N SEMICIRCLE... 45 NM SE QUADRANT...AND 30 NM SW QUADRANT. HIGHEST SEAS 18 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 25N WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT. N OF 25N NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT FROM 25N TO 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SQUALLS S OF 25N. .FRI NIGHT...S OF 25N N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FT. N OF 25N NW TO N WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT. .SAT...N OF 27N WINDS BECOMING N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT. S OF 27N NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT TO 20 KT IN STRAITS OF FLORIDA. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT TO 7 FT IN STRAITS OF FLORIDA. .SUN...N OF 25N E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. S OF 25N NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...S OF 25N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. N OF 25N WINDS BECOMING E TO SE 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. $$