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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 930 AM CST TUE DEC 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...FRESH N FLOW OVER THE EASTERN GULF WILL DIMINISH
TODAY AS HIGH PRES OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SHIFTS E
TOWARD FLORIDA BY LATE WED. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL INCREASE
PRIMARILY OVER THE WESTERN GULF WED INTO FRI BETWEEN AS LOW
PRES DIGS INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AN ASSOCIATED
COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE NORTHERN GULF FRI...EXTEND FROM
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE SW GULF BY EARLY SAT...AND CLEAR
SE OF THE GULF BY EARLY SUN.

NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W
INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
.THIS AFTERNOON...W OF 94W SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING
TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT LATE.
E OF 94W SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.TONIGHT THROUGH WED NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4
TO 6 FT BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT WED AND WED NIGHT.
.THU...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT
LATE. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT LATE.
.FRI AND SAT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING N WINDS 20 TO
25 KT BEHIND FRONT BY FRI NIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BUILDING TO 6
TO 9 FT BY SAT. SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG FRONT FRI AND FRI
NIGHT.

SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W
.THIS AFTERNOON...W OF 94W E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. E OF 94W NE TO E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN N SWELL.
.TONIGHT...N OF 22N W OF 94W S TO SW WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO
25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT. ELSEWHERE SE WINDS
INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.WED...W OF 94W SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. E OF
94W SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 5
TO 7 FT.
.THU AND FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
.SAT...W OF FRONT N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BECOMING N TO NE 15 TO 20
KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. E OF FRONT W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG FRONT.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.THIS AFTERNOON...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT N
OF 25N AND 5 TO 8 FT IN N SWELL S OF 25N.
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT N OF 26N AND 4
TO 6 FT IN N SWELL S OF 26N.
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT N OF
25N W OF 87W LATE. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT N OF 25N AND 3 TO 5 FT S OF
25N.
.WED NIGHT THROUGH FRI...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6
FT.
.SAT...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT LATE.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG FRONT.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.THIS AFTERNOON...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING NE TO E 10
TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL SUBSIDING TO 6 TO
9 FT LATE.
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FT N
OF 26N AND 4 TO 6 FT S OF 26N.
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT N OF 26N AND 3
TO 5 FT S OF 26N.
.WED NIGHT...N OF 26N SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.
S OF 26N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SAT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING SW WINDS 20 TO 25
KT...THEN SHIFTING NW BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG FRONT.


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