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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 330 AM CST WED NOV 23 2011

...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...A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE GULF WILL EXTEND
FROM 28N83W TO 25N90W TO 19N53W THIS EVENING...THEN STALL AND
WEAKEN FROM THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO 24N93W BY LATE THU. A
SECOND STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW GULF BY SAT
EVENING AND REACH FROM 30N86W TO 18N93W BY SUN MORNING. GALE
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT IN THE SW GULF LATE
SAT NIGHT INTO SUN.

NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W
INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.THU THROUGH THU NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING
SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT THU NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.FRI...W OF 95W SE WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8
FT. E OF 95W SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.SAT...W OF FRONT NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT BUILDING
TO 8 TO 12 FT LATE. E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG FRONT.
.SUN...NW TO N WINDS WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG FRONT.

SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W
...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED W OF 95W SAT NIGHT AND SUN...
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...W OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT
DIMINISHING TO 15 KT N OF 21N TONIGHT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 TO 6
FT. E OF FRONT NE TO E WINDS 10 KT SHIFTING TO N TONIGHT. SEAS
2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG FRONT.
.THU AND THU NIGHT...W OF 95W NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT
TO 20 KT S OF 21N EARLY THU. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. W OF 95W E TO SE
WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.FRI...W OF 94W SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. E OF
94W E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.SAT AND SUN...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT SHIFTING TO SW WITHIN
90 NM OF FRONT AND BECOMING NW TO N 20 TO 30 KT W OF FRONT
EXCEPT TO 40 KT S OF 22N W OF 95W. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 6
TO 9 FT W OF FRONT SAT NIGHT AND 10 TO 15 FT SUN. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG FRONT.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TODAY...N OF FRONT NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S OF
FRONT S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG FRONT
.TONIGHT...N OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. S OF FRONT N
TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.THU AND THU NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT SHIFTING E TO SE
LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.FRI AND SAT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
.SUN...W OF FRONT NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT BUILDING
TO 7 TO 10 FT LATE. E OF FRONT N OF 26N S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25
KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. E OF FRONT S OF 26N S TO SW WINDS 10 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG FRONT.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING N TO NE
WINDS 15 TO 20 KT TONIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 3 TO 5
FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS LATE.
.THU AND THU NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 25N.
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.SUN...W OF FRONT W WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. E OF FRONT N
OF 28N S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. ELSEWHERE E OF
FRONT W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG FRONT.


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