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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
 330 PM CST SAT FEB 18 2012

...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...DEVELOPING LOW PRES ALONG THE TEXAS COAST WILL LIFT
NE TONIGHT DRAGGING A TRAILING COLD FRONT ACROSS THE GULF. THE
FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR MOBILE ALABAMA TO THE CENTRAL BAY OF
CAMPECHE AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...THEN FROM THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE TO THE NW YUCATAN PENINSULA MON MORNING...PUSHING SE
OF THE GULF SUN EVENING. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP
ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF THE GULF MON NIGHT. A WEAK COLD FRONT
WILL ENTER THE NW GULF TUE AND DISSIPATE BY LATE TUE. A
STRONGER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF WED
INTO THU.

NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS
NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY
.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT W TO
NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT BECOMING NW TO N 20 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 4
TO 7 FT...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT 5 TO 8 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT
LATE. WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER IN NUMEROUS TSTMS NEAR FRONT.
.SUN...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 10 TO 15 KT
LATE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FT LATE.
.SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO E TO SE
LATE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT LATE.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT
BECOMING NW TO N 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS NEAR FRONT.
.TUE...WINDS BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT...AND S TO SW 10 TO
15 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.WED...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W TO NW 15 TO 20 KT
BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS NEAR FRONT.
.THU...SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.

SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W
.TONIGHT...E OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5
FT. W OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS NEAR FRONT.
.SUN...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN N SWELL.
.SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT SHIFTING TO E TO SE
LATE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT IN N SWELL SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT LATE.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.TUE...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.WED...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT SHIFTING TO N TO NE BEHIND
FRONT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.THU...NE TO E WINDS 10 KT SHIFTING TO E TO SE LATE. SEAS 1 TO
3 FT.

MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
.TONIGHT THROUGH SUN NIGHT...N OF 26N S TO SW 20 TO 25 KT
BECOMING W TO NW 25 TO 30 KT BEHIND FRONT SUN...BECOMING N TO
NE 15 TO 20 KT SUN NIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BUILDING 7 TO 10 FT
BEHIND FRONT. S OF 26N S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT SHIFTING TO
NW TO N BEHIND FRONT...THEN SHIFTING TO N TO NE SUN NIGHT.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS NEAR FRONT.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO E
TO SE MON NIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT MON
NIGHT.
.TUE...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.WED...N OF 25N S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT
SHIFTING TO W TO NW. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. S OF 25N S TO SW WINDS 10
TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS
NEAR FRONT.
.THU...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT SW AHEAD OF FRONT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS NEAR
FRONT.

E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W
.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S TO SW 15 TO
20 KT LATE. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT N OF 26N.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF 26N.
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT BEHIND
FRONT BECOMING NW TO N 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS NEAR FRONT.
.MON AND MON NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT SHIFTING TO E TO
SE MON NIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT MON NIGHT.
.TUE...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT SHIFTING TO SE TO S LATE. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT.
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW 15 TO 20 KT
LATE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS N OF 26N LATE.
.THU...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT SHIFTING TO W TO NW LATE. SEAS 4 TO
7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS NEAR FRONT.


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