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FZNT27 KNHC 101503
OFFN06
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
930 AM CST FRI FEB 10 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 SURFACE LOW AT 24N95W WILL DRIFT NE TO NEAR
27N93W THIS EVENING AND THEN BE ABSORBED BY A COLD FRONT
MOVING INTO NORTHERN GULF WATERS TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL RACE
SE OF AREA SAT AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP
OVER THE NW WATERS SUN NIGHT AND SPREAD E ACROSS THE ENTIRE
GULF BY LATE MON. THE NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE TEXAS
COAST MON EVENING...REACHING THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE
CENTRAL WATERS LATE TUE. THE FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE NE
WATERS WED...BUT DRIFT N ACROSS THE NW WATERS THROUGH WED

NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS
NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...W OF 95W N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT
INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT BUILDING
4 TO 6 FT. E OF 95W E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT SHIFTING TO SW
AHEAD OF FRONT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS.
.SAT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.
.MON...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS N PART.
.TUE...SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W
.THIS AFTERNOON...SW OF A LINE FROM 25N96W TO 19N93W NW WINDS
10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. NE OF SAME LINE E TO SE WINDS 10
TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.TONIGHT...N OF 22N NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
S OF 22N W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.SAT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT N OF 22N AND 3
TO 5 FT S OF 22N.
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT SHIFTING TO SE SUN NIGHT.
SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN NE SWELL.
.MON...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.TUE...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.THIS AFTERNOON...N OF 26N NE TO E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
S OF 26N NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT SHIFTING TO SE TO S LATE.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...N OF 25N N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. S OF
25N W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 24N.
.SAT...N OF 24N NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. S OF
24N N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.SAT NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 12 FT.
.SUN...NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT IN N SWELL.
.MON...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT SHIFTING TO S MON NIGHT. SEAS
5 TO 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT MON NIGHT.
.TUE...N OF 25N S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING NW 10 KT
BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S OF 25N SE TO S WINDS 10 KT.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N PART.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.THIS AFTERNOON...N OF 25N N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO
3 FT. S OF 25N E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
.TONIGHT...N OF 25N NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
S OF 25N SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 24N.
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10
FT. .SUN...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN N
SWELL. .MON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS NW PART.

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