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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 330 PM CST FRI DEC 17 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...COLD FRONT FROM APALACHEE BAY SW TO 27N90W...THEN
STATIONARY TO NEAR TAMPICO WILL BEGIN TO MOVE SE TONIGHT...AND
REACH FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION TO TUXPAN MEXICO SAT
EVENING...THEN BECOME DIFFUSE ACROSS THE S GULF FROM NEAR
NAPLES TO JUST S OF TUXPAN SUN MORNING. HIGH PRES WILL SLIDE
SE INTO THE NE GULF MON ALLOWING FOR SOUTHERLY FLOW TO SET UP
OVER THE WESTERN PORTION. A COLD FRONT WILL REACH SE TEXAS TUE
EVENING THEN SINK SLOWLY S ACROSS THE N GULF WED.

NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W
INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
.TONIGHT...SE OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING
TO 5 TO 10 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING 3 TO 4 FT LATE.
NW OF FRONT NE WINDS 15 KT BECOMING N TO NE 15 TO 20 KT LATE.
SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG FRONT.
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING E TO
SE 10 TO 15 KT SUN NIGHT SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN NE
SWELL...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FT LATE.
.MON...W OF 94W SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. E OF
94W SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.
.TUE...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.WED...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT BECOMING
N TO NE 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...EXCEPT 2 TO 3 FT BEHIND FRONT
LATE.

SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W
.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT VARIABLE 5 TO 15 KT
W OF 96W. WINDS BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT E OF 95W LATE
TONIGHT AND N 15 TO 20 KT W OF 95W. SEAS 2 TO 5 FT SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 3 FT TONIGHT EXCEPT BUILDING TO 5 TO 6 FT W OF 95W LATE.
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...NW OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT
DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. E OF FRONT
VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS
ALONG FRONT.
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING E TO SE
LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN NE SWELL...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT LATE.
.MON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT NE NEAR YUCATAN COAST
DURING THE EVENING. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.TUE...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NE 10 TO 15 KT LATE.
SEAS 3 FT OR LESS...EXCEPT 3 TO 4 FT FAR NW PORTION EARLY.
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TONIGHT AND SAT...SE OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT
BECOMING VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT LATE TONIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4
FT. NW OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS ALONG FRONT.
.SAT NIGHT THROUGH SUN NIGHT...NW OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 15
KT...SHIFTING TO NW TO N SAT NIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. SE OF FRONT
W WINDS 10 KT SHIFTING NW BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.MON...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE TO S N OF 25N
LATE. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT LATE.
.TUE...N OF 25N SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT BECOMING NW TO N 20 KT
LATE BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT
BUILDING TO 4 TO 5 FT LATE. S OF 25N VARIABLE MAINLY NE WINDS
5 TO 10 KT BECOMING N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.WED...N OF 25N NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT
BECOMING N 15 KT. SEAS BUILDING 3 TO 4 FT. S OF 25N N TO NE
WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TONIGHT...N OF 26N S TO SW WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S OF
26N SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING S 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO
5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AHEAD OF FRONT.
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...SE OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO
3 FT. NW OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG FRONT.
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 15 KT BECOMING NE LATE. SEAS 4 TO
7 FT IN NW SWELL.
.MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING VARIABLE 10 KT OR LESS N
OF 27N BY EVENING. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT
LATE. .TUE...N OF 26N SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT BEHIND
FRONT BECOMING NW TO N 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT...EXCEPT
BEHIND FRONT BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT LATE. S OF 26N VARIABLE
MAINLY NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 10 KT LATE. SEAS
2 TO 3 FT. .WED...N OF 27N W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT
BEHIND FRONT BECOMING N 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S OF 27N N
WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.


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