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FZNT27 KNHC 150308
OFFN06
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 PM CDT THU APR 14 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...SE RETURN FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN OVERNIGHT AND FRI IN
ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE OFFSHORE OF TEXAS FRI
AFTERNOON. STRONG TSTMS WILL DEVELOP WELL AHEAD OF THE FRONT
FRI. FRONT TO EXTEND FROM NEAR PANAMA CITY FLORIDA TO 24N98W
SAT MORNING...THEN STALL FROM NEAR 27N82W TO 25N98W SUN MORNING
BEFORE DISSIPATING SUN EVENING. SOUTHERLY RETURN WILL DOMINATE
THE AREA AGAIN SUN NIGHT THROUGH TUE.

NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W
INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
.TONIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING S TO
SW AHEAD OF FRONT FRI THEN SHIFTING N TO NE BEHIND FRONT. SEAS
BUILDING 4 TO 5 FT TONIGHT AND 4 TO 6 FT FRI. WIND AND SEAS
HIGHER NEAR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS AHEAD OF FRONT.
.SAT THROUGH SUN...NE TO E WINDS 15 KT SHIFTING TO SE LATE SUN.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.MON AND TUE...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 20 TO 25
KT TUE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT TUE.

SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20
KT ALONG THE YUCATAN COAST EARLY. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT EXCEPT 4 TO 5
FT OFF NW COAST OF YUCATAN.
.FRI THROUGH SUN...NW OF FRONT NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. SE OF FRONT SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT
SAT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
ISOLATED TSTMS AHEAD OF FRONT.
.MON AND TUE...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT
TUE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING 4 TO 7 FT TUE.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TONIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 KT BECOMING SE TO S 15
TO 20 KT LATE TONIGHT THEN BECOMING S TO SW N OF 25N FRI. SEAS
3 TO 4 FT BUILDING 4 TO 6 FT FRI. WIND AND SEAS HIGHER NEAR
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS AHEAD OF FRONT FRI AND FRI NIGHT.
.SAT...N OF 25N S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT SHIFTING TO NW BEHIND
FRONT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. S OF 25N SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG FRONT.
.SUN...N OF 25N N TO NE NE WINDS 10 KT SHIFTING TO SE LATE.
SEAS 3 FT. S OF 25N E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT.
.MON AND TUE...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20
KT TUE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING 3 TO 6 FT TUE.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT BECOMING SE TO S 10 TO 15 KT LATE.
SEAS 1 TO 3 FT.
.FRI THROUGH SAT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING SW 15 TO
20 KT AHEAD OF FRONT...BECOMING NW 15 KT BEHIND FRONT SAT. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS ISOLATED TSTMS AHEAD OF FRONT FRI
NIGHT AND SAT.
.SUN...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BEHIND FRONT DIMINISHING TO 5
TO 10 KT LATE. S OF FRONT VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT
BECOMING NE 10 KT LATE. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT N OF FRONT AND 1 TO 2 FT
S OF FRONT.
.MON AND TUE...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT INCREASING TO 15 KT
STRAITS OF FLORIDA THEN BECOMING SE TO S 15 KT TUE EXCEPT TO 20
KT STRAITS OF FLORIDA. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT BUILDING TO 3 TO 4 FT
TUE...EXCEPT 2 TO 4 FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA BUILDING TO 5 TO 6 FT
TUE.

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