000 FZNT24 KNHC 170847 OFFNT4 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 330 AM CST SAT FEB 17 2007 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO GMZ089-171530- SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO 330 AM CST SAT FEB 17 2007 .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES OVER THE W GULF WILL WEAKEN LATER TODAY AS COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE TEXAS COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO 22N98W TONIGHT THEN MOVES SE OF THE AREA SUN. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO GALE FORCE BEHIND THE FRONT OVER THE MIDDLE AND E GULF TONIGHT AND EARLY SUN. HIGH PRES ONCE AGAIN BUILDS OVER THE NW GULF LATE SUN...THEN MOVES E WITH SLY RETURN FLOW ACROSS THE WRN WATERS MON AND TUE. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST LATE TUE AND PUSH INTO THE SE GULF LATE WED. $$ GMZ080-171530- NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W INCLUDING FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY 330 AM CST SAT FEB 17 2007 .TODAY...SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING NW TO N 20 TO 30 KT BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT BEHIND FRONT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT EARLY BECOMING NE 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT IN N SWELL. .SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON...W OF 94W S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. E OF 94W SE TO S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS W PART. .TUE...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS NEAR COAST. .WED...SW WINDS 10 KT BECOMING NW TO N 15 TO 20 KT BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS NEAR FRONT. $$ GMZ082-171530- SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W 330 AM CST SAT FEB 17 2007 .TODAY...WINDS BECOMING N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN N SWELL S OF 22N AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 22N. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BUILDING TO 8 TO 11 FT BEHIND FRONT. .SUN...N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT EARLY BECOMING NE 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT. .SUN NIGHT...S OF 22N NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. N OF 22N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN N SWELL. .MON...N OF 22N W OF 94W SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. ELSEWHERE SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS W PART. .TUE...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .WED...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING N 15 TO 20 KT BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS NEAR FRONT. $$ GMZ084-171530- MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W 330 AM CST SAT FEB 17 2007 ...GALE WARNING... .TODAY...N OF 26N W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT BY EVENING. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT. S OF 26N N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN NW SWELL. .TONIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BUILDING TO 10 TO 15 FT BEHIND FRONT. .SUN...NW TO N WINDS 25 TO 35 KT EARLY DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. .SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NW SWELL S OF 26N AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 26N. .MON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN NW SWELL S OF 25N AND 2 TO 4 FT N OF 25N. .TUE...SE TO S WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .WED...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING NW 15 TO 20 KT BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS NEAR FRONT. $$ GMZ086-171530- E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W 330 AM CST SAT FEB 17 2007 ...GALE WARNING... .TODAY...NW TO N WINDS 10 KT BECOMING W 20 KT N OF 27N BY EVENING. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BUILDING TO 9 TO 14 FT BEHIND FRONT. .SUN...NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT EARLY BECOMING N 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL. .SUN NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 9 FT. .MON...NE TO E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN NW SWELL S OF 25N AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 25N. .TUE...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .WED...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING NW TO N 15 KT BEHIND FRONT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. $$ FORECASTER BERG