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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 330 PM CST SUN DEC 19 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...DIFFUSE COLD FRONT HAS MOVED SE TO W CUBA AND
YUCATAN PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PRES WILL RIDGE SW INTO
THE BASIN THROUGH TUE NIGHT ALLOWING FOR SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW
TO SET UP OVER THE WESTERN PORTION. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
TO ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COASTS BY WED EVENING AND SINK S-SW
ACROSS E PORTIONS BEFORE DISSIPATING ACROSS THE SE GULF THU
NIGHT. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SE INTO THE NW GULF FRI
EVENING AND REACH FROM MOUTH OF MISSISSIPPI TO UPPER MEXICAN
COAST FRI EVENING.

NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W
INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
.TONIGHT...E OF 93W NE TO E WINDS 10 KT BECOMING E TO SE LATE.
SEAS SUBSIDING 2 TO 3 FT. W OF 93W SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT BECOMING
SE TO S 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...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 AND TUE NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.WED...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
.THU...WINDS BECOMING SE TO S 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.FRI...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING NW TO N 20 TO 25 KT
BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT BUILDING TO
6 TO 9 FT LATE.

SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT VARIABLE 10 TO 15 KT S
OF 22N W OF 96W...BECOMING E TO SE 10 KT THROUGHOUT LATE. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS SW PORTION.
.MON THROUGH TUE NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4
FT.
.WED...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.THU...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING N TO NE OVERNIGHT.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT IN N
SWELL...HIGHEST SE PART.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...N OF 25N SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2
TO 3 FT. S OF 25N NE TO E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.WED...N OF 25N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S OF
25N NE TO E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.THU...N OF 25N NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S OF 25N
NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.FRI...N OF 26N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...EXCEPT E OF FRONT
BECOMING SW 10 TO 15 KT AND NW 20 KT BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 1 TO 3
FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT LATE BEHIND FRONT. S OF 26N VARIABLE
WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...EXCEPT E OF FRONT BECOMING NW 5 TO 10 KT.
SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TONIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING N TO NE 15 KT
LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN NW SWELL. PATCHY FOG N OF 26N.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 2
TO 4 FT S OF 26N...AND 1 TO 2 FT N OF 26N.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...N OF 26N S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1
TO 2 FT. S OF 26N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.WED...N OF 27N W TO NW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S OF 27N
NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.THU...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.FRI...E TO SE WINDS 10 KT...EXCEPT E OF FRONT BECOMING SW 10
TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...EXCEPT OVER N PORTION BUILDING TO 2
TO 4 FT.


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