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FZNT27 KNHC 192134
OFFN06
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
330 PM CST THU JAN 19 2012

...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...A RIDGE WILL DOMINATE THE GULF WATERS TONIGHT AND
FRI WITH INCREASING SLY RETURN FLOW. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST AND IMMEDIATELY STALL OVER NW WATERS
SAT...THEN DRIFT N OF AREA SAT NIGHT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE SE INTO NW GULF SUN NIGHT...REACHING FROM THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE TO SE TEXAS MON...AND STALL EARLY MON NIGHT FROM THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND TO NE MEXICO...THEN DRIFT N LATE MON NIGHT.

NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS
NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS .
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS N PART FRI.
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SUN...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT SHIFTING NW BEHIND FRONT SUN NIGHT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG FRONT.
.MON...NW OF FRONT NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SE OF
FRONT E TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT IS SE SWELL.
SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG FRONT.
.TUE...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT 15 TO 20 KT N OF
22N W OF 96W. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...N OF 22N W OF 95W S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ELSEWHERE SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4
FT. .SAT THROUGH SUN...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT SHIFTING E TO
SE AT NIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.MON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.TUE...N OF 22N SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S OF
22N SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TONIGHT...N OF 26N SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
S OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...N OF 26N SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2
TO 3 FT. S OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO
20 KT FRI NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SAT THROUGH SUN...N OF 26N S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4
FT. S OF 26N SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
NEAR THE YUCATAN PENINSULA AT NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.MON...N OF 27N S TO SW WINDS 10 KT BECOMING N TO NE 15 KT
BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. S OF 27N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15
KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG FRONT.
.TUE...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TONIGHT...N OF 26N SE TO S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S OF
26N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...N OF 26N SE TO S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. S
OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.MON...N OF 26N S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT BECOMING N TO NE 10 TO
15 KT BEHIND FRONT LATE MON NIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. S OF 26N E
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG
FRONT MON NIGHT.
.TUE...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

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