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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 330 AM CST SAT DEC 31 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 RIDGE FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO SE TEXAS WILL
GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH SAT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE FAR NW WATERS LATE SAT NIGHT...THEN QUICKLY REACH
FROM SE LOUISIANA TO THE TEXAS/MEXICO BORDER EARLY SUN...
AND FROM NEAR NAPLES FLORIDA TO 23N95W TO 19N95W BY EARLY ON
MON. THE FRONT WILL THEN MOVE SE OF THE GULF EARLY MON EVENING.
STRONG N WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE
MON AND TUE AS A HIGH PRES CENTER MOVES ACROSS EASTERN TEXAS.
THE HIGH WILL SHIFT EASTWARD THROUGH WED ALLOWING FOR SOUTHERLY
RETURN FLOW TO THEN SET UP OVER THE WESTERN GULF.

NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W
INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...N OF 27N S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...
BECOMING N 15 TO 20 KT BEHIND FRONT LATE TONIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3
FT...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT LATE TONIGHT.
VISIBILITIES 3-5 NM IN AREAS OF DENSE FOG W OF 95W THIS
MORNING. .SUN...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT BEHIND
FRONT 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT
BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS ALONG FRONT.
.SUN NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 TO 8
FT E OF 93W...AND TO 6 TO 9 FT W OF 93W.
.MON...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 15 TO 20 KT
LATE. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 8 FT LATE.
.TUE...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT
W OF 94W LATE. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT...EXCEPT W OF 94W SUBSIDING TO 3
TO 5 FT LATE.
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT
LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT LATE.

SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W
...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED W OF 95W MON...
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 20
TO 30 KT BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT
BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS NEAR FRONT.
.MON...W OF 95W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT INCREASING TO 30 TO
35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25 KT LATE.
SEAS BUILDING TO 9 TO 14 FT...THEN SUBSIDING TO 8 TO 12 FT
LATE. E OF 95W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7
FT...BUILDING TO 8 TO 12 FT IN N SWELL LATE.
.TUE...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT
LATE. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN N SWELL...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FT LATE.
.WED...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...N OF 27N SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
2 TO 3 FT. FROM 25N TO 27N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO
2 FT. S OF 25N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...
BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT TONIGHT. ISOLATED SHOWERS S OF 24N.
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N OF 24N N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT
INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT BUILDING
TO 6 TO 9 FT BEHIND FRONT. S OF 24N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT
...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT SUN NIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4
FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT SUN NIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS NEAR
FRONT.
.MON...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 12 FT IN N SWELL.
.TUE...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BECOMING NE TO E 10 TO 15 KT LATE.
SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN N SWELL...EXCEPT N OF 26N SUBSIDING TO 4 TO
6 FT.
.WED...N OF 26N WINDS BECOMING E TO SE 5 TO 10 KT...THEN
VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT LATE. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FT. S OF 26N
NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN N
SWELL.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TODAY AND TONIGHT...N OF 27N SW TO W WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3
FT. FROM 25N TO 27N S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. S OF
25N E TO SE WINDS 10 KT...EXCEPT E OF 83W 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
2 TO 3 FT.
.SUN...N OF 28N W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN
THE AFTERNOON. FROM 25N TO 28N WINDS SHIFTING TO NW TO N 5 TO
10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S OF 25N NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2
TO 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...N OF 27N WINDS NW TO N WINDS INCREASING
TO 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT EARLY...THEN BUILDING TO 6 TO 8
FT. S OF 27N N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
ISOLATED SHOWERS ALONG FRONT.
.MON...WINDS BECOMING N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT THROUGHOUT.
SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.
.TUE...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT N OF 27N DIMINISHING
TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...EXCEPT N OF
27N SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT LATE.
.WED...N OF 27N WINDS BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3
FT. S OF 27N NE TO E WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT
S OF 24N 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT.


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