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FZNT27 KNHC 080904
OFFN06
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
330 AM CST TUE FEB 08 2011

...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...COLD FRONT FROM FLORIDA STRAITS TO YUCATAN
PENINSULA WILL MOVE SE OF AREA LATER THIS MORNING. STRONG HIGH
PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE GULF BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH WED
AND MOVE E AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE TEXAS COAST
LATE WED AND EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO EASTERN BAY
OF CAMPECHE THU AFTERNOON AND FROM TAMPA BAY TO YUCATAN
PENINSULA FRI THEN E OF GULF SAT. A RIDGE WILL BUILD W TO E

NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W
INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED W OF 95W EARLY WED NIGHT...
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...W OF 94W E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING SE
TO S AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON THEN TO 20
TO 25 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT
TUE NIGHT. E OF 94W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT SHIFTING E TO SE
AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.WED AND WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT SHIFTING TO NW
TO N AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT BEHIND FRONT...EXCEPT 30 TO
35 KT W OF 95W EARLY WED NIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 7
TO 10 FT BEHIND FRONT WED NIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS
ALONG FRONT.
.THU...W OF FRONT N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. E OF
FRONT SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG FRONT.
.FRI...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 T0 20 KT
LATE. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.SAT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT 15 TO 20 KT SE PART
BECOMING E TO SE LATE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT W
OF 95W LATE.

SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W
...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED W OF 95W WED NIGHT...
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...W OF 94W E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING SE
TO S AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON THEN TO 20
TO 25 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. E OF 94W NE TO E WINDS
10 TO 15 KT SHIFTING E TO SE AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT TUE
NIGHT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FT TUE NIGHT.
.WED AND WED NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING NE TO E
10 TO 15 KT IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO NW TO N AND
INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT BEHIND FRONT WED NIGHT...EXCEPT 30 TO
35 KT W OF 95W. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FT BEHIND
FRONT LATE WED NIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG FRONT.
.THU...W OF FRONT N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. E OF
FRONT E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.FRI...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT W
OF 94W LATE. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 8 FT W OF 94W
LATE.
.SAT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO E
TO SE TUE NIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FT TUE
NIGHT.
.WED AND WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING NE TO E
WED NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...HIGHEST NEAR YUCATAN CHANNEL.
.THU...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT N OF
27N LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.FRI...N OF 27N N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. S OF
27N E TO SE WINDS 10 KT EXCEPT N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT W OF FRONT.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG FRONT.
.SAT...N OF 27N N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. S OF
27N N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE TO
E TUE NIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT IN NW SWELL SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT
N OF 27N TUE NIGHT.
.WED AND WED NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS BECOMING N TO NE N OF 27N
WED NIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.THU...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.FRI...N OF 27N N TO NE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S OF 27N
NE TO E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.
SAT...N TO NE WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.

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