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FZNT27 KNHC 141522
OFFN06

NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 1030 AM CDT THU OCT 14 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...TROPICAL STORM PAULA OVER THE YUCATAN CHANNEL NEAR
22.8N 84.1W 1000 MB AT 1500 UTC MOVING ENE AT 5 KT. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 60 KT GUSTS 75 KT. PAULA WILL WEAKEN AS IT
MOVES ALONG THE NW COAST OF CUBA TO NEAR 23.16N 83.0W THIS
EVENING. THE STORM WILL MOVE INLAND OVER CUBA TO NEAR 23.0N
82.0W FRI MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING TO A REMNANT LOW OVER
CENTRAL CUBA NEAR 22.5N 80.5W BY EARLY SAT...AND DISSIPATING
THERE BY MON. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SE ACROSS THE AREA LATER
TODAY THROUGH FRI NIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE
FAR NORTHERN PORTION FRI NIGHT THROUGH SUN THEN SHIFT NE OF
AREA MON.

NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W
INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT
DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE T0NIGHT. 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 FRI NIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT EXCEPT 3
TO 5 FT S OF 27N E OF 95W FRI.
.SAT THROUGH MON...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT EXCEPT NE TO E WINDS E
OF 94W. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.

SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5
TO 7 FT.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...S OF 21N W OF 95W NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20
KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. ELSEWHERE N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. 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
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT EXCEPT TO 25
KT S OF 23N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT N OF 26N AND 4 TO 6 FT S OF 26N.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...N OF 26N N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4
FT. S OF 26N N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SEAS 4
TO 6 FT EXCEPT SUBSIDING 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... N OF 25N WINDS BECOMING E TO SE 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3
FT. S OF 25N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
...TROPICAL WARNING S OF 24N...
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN
40 NM OF CENTER OF PAULA DIMINISHING TO BELOW TROPICAL STORM
STRENGTH OVERNIGHT. HIGHEST WINDS 60 KT GUSTS 17 KT. SEAS 12 FT
OR GREATER WITHIN 40 NM IN W SEMICIRCLE OF THE CENTER. HIGHEST
SEAS 13 FT. ELSEWHERE OVER FORECAST WATERS WITHIN 90 NM OF
CENTER WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE N WINDS 15
TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT N OF 26N AND 4 TO 6 FT S OF 26N.
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SQUALLS S OF 24N.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...N OF 25N NW TO N WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10
TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S OF 25N N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT
EXCEPT TO 25 KT IN STRAITS OF FLORIDA. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 4 TO
7 FT EXCEPT 7 TO 9 FT IN STRAITS OF FLORIDA.
.SAT...N OF 27N N TO NE WINDS DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS
SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 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 E
TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.


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