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FZNT27 KNHC 221533
OFFN06
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 AM CDT FRI OCT 22 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...RIDGE BUILDS S FROM LOUISIANA TO THE BAY OF
CAMPECHE TODAY. TRADE WINDS WILL INCREASE IN STRAITS OF
FLORIDA AND S CENTRAL GULF TONIGHT THROUGH SUN NIGHT AS
TROPICAL STORM RICHARD INTENSIFIES IN THE NW CARIBBEAN.
RICHARD IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL MON ALONG THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA AS A HURRICANE THEN WEAKEN MOVING NW INTO THE SW
PORTION OF THE GULF NEAR 21.0N 91.5W AS A TROPICAL DEPRESSION

NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W
INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...W OF 94W SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20
KT. SEAS 4 TO 7. E OF 94W E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...W OF 95W SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. E OF 95W SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SUN...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.MON AND TUE...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS ISOLATED TSTMS N PART TUE.

SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W
.THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SAT NIGHT...W OF 95W SE TO S WINDS 15
TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. E OF 95W E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT
EXCEPT NE WINDS 15 KT NEAR THE YUCATAN COAST. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.MON...N OF 22N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S OF
22N E TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS SE PART.
.TUE...S OF 22N E OF 93W NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
TSTMS E PART.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.THIS AFTERNOON...N OF 25N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. S OF 25N NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.TONIGHT...N OF 25N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4
FT. S OF 25N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.SAT...N OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. S OF 26N E
WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.SAT NIGHT...N OF 26N SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. S
OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT IN E SWELL.
.MON...N OF 26N SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S OF
26N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.TUE...S OF 23N W OF 87W E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8
FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 25N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6
FT. N OF 25N SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SCATTERED TSTMS S PART.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.THIS AFTERNOON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT 20 KT STRAITS OF
FLORIDA. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT EXCEPT 3 TO 5 FT IN STRAITS OF FLORIDA.
.TONIGHT...S OF 25N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
N OF 25N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT N OF
26N AND 5 TO 8 FT S OF 26N INCLUDING THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA.
.SUN...N OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S OF
26N E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
.MON AND TUE...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

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