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FZNT27 KNHC 200837
OFFN06
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
330 AM CST SUN FEB 20 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...HIGH PRES CENTERED SE OF LOUISIANA WILL DISSIPATE
LATER TODAY. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW AND N
CENTRAL GULF EARLY TUE THEN BECOME STATIONARY FROM CENTRAL
FLORIDA TO SOUTHERN TEXAS LATE TUE AND DISSIPATE WED. HIGH PRES
WILL SETTLE IN OVER THE NE PORTION WED AND THU WITH SOUTHERLY
RETURN FLOW SETTING UP OVER THE WESTERN GULF.

NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W
INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...W OF 95W SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5
TO 6 FT. E OF 95W SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...S OF 27N SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15
KT...EXCEPT W OF 95W 15 TO 20 KT EARLY. SEAS 4 TO 6
FT...HIGHEST W OF 95W. N OF 27N S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15
KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT N OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS
10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S OF FRONT E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15
KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT W OF 95W 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W
.TODAY THROUGH MON...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.MON NIGHT THROUGH THU...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT
NEAR YUCATAN PENINSULA NE 15 KT IN THE EVENINGS. SEAS 2 TO 4

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TODAY THROUGH MON NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT N
OF 26N SHIFTING TO SW MON AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.TUE...N OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING N TO NE
LATE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. S OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG FRONT.
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT S OF 26N...AND 2 TO
3 FT N OF 26N.
.THU...S OF 27N SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. N OF 27N SE
WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TODAY THROUGH MON NIGHT...N OF 26N SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5
FT.
.TUE...N OF FRONT W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT SHIFTING TO N LATE.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. S OF FRONT 26N WINDS BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 10
KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. AREAS OF RAIN ALONG FRONT.
.WED AND THU...N OF 26N N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO
SE THU. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S OF 26N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT.

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