000 FZNT24 KNHC 092114 OFFNT4 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 330 PM CST SAT FEB 09 2008 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO GMZ089-100330- SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO 330 PM CST SAT FEB 09 2008 .SYNOPSIS...STATIONARY FRONT FROM NEAR FORT MYERS FLORIDA TO 24N90W WILL BEGIN MOVING SE TONIGHT...AS A SECONDARY COLD FRONT OVER THE SOUTHERN STATES AND GULF REINFORCES IT. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD THEN BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS THE EXTREME SRN GULF SUN...AS HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA AND GRADUALLY SHIFTS E INTO THE WESTERN ATLANTIC EARLY NEXT WEEK. RETURN FLOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WRN GULF TUE AND ALLOW THE SAME FRONT TO LIFT N TO THE NRN GULF COAST AS A WARM FRONT BY TUE AFTERNOON. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE NW GULF TUE EVENING...AND SWEEP ACROSS THE GULF WED FOLLOWED BY WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRES BUILDING ACROSS THE REGION THU. $$ GMZ080-100330- NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W INCLUDING FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY 330 PM CST SAT FEB 09 2008 .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING SE 15 TO 20 KT SUN NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT... BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT SUN NIGHT... HIGHEST TO THE SE. .MON AND MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SE TO S 15 TO 20 KT MON NIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .TUE...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT SHIFTING TO NW 20 TO 25 KT W OF FRONT TUE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF WARM FRONT IN THE MORNING. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND E OF FRONT LATE TUE. .WED...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT BECOMING NW TO N 20 KT WED AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 8 FT LATE. .THU...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT S OF 27N...AND 2 TO 4 FT N OF 27N SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT ENTIRE AREA LATE. $$ GMZ082-100330- SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W 330 PM CST SAT FEB 09 2008 .TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT N OF 19N W OF 96W. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT TONIGHT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING E 15 TO 20 KT N OF 22N...AND NE TO E 10 TO 15 KT S OF 22N SUN NIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT EXCEPT 6 TO 9 FT N OF 22N E OF 94W. .MON AND MON NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT N OF 21N E OF 95W. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. WINDS BECOMING SE 10 TO 15 KT MON NIGHT AREA WIDE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT N OF 21N AND 3 TO 6 FT S OF 21N. .TUE...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT TUE BECOMING S TO SW 10 TO 15 KT E OF FRONT LATE TUE. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FT. .TUE NIGHT...W OF FRONT WINDS SHIFTING TO NW AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT AND GUSTY. E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...EXCEPT 2 TO 4 FT S OF 21N E OF 95W BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT W OF FRONT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS NEAR AND ALONG FRONT. .WED...E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO NW TO N AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT ENTIRE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SEAS BUILDING TO 6 TO 10 FT W OF FRONT...AND 2 TO 4 FT E OF FRONT WED MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS NEAR AND ALONG FRONT. .THU...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING E TO SE 10 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT LATE. $$ GMZ084-100330- MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W 330 PM CST SAT FEB 09 2008 .TONIGHT...N OF 24N N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING NE 20 KT..EXCEPT 20 TO 25 KT WITHIN 45 NM EITHER SIDE OF FRONT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT. S OF 24N NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG FRONT. ISOLATED SHOWERS ELSEWHERE S OF FRONT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N OF 25N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING E 15 KT SUN NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 8 TO 11 FT IN NE SWELL... EXCEPT 3 TO 5 FT N OF 29N. S OF 25N NE WINDS 15 KT... BECOMING NE TO E 20 TO 25 KT SUN NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 8 TO 11 FT SUN NIGHT. .MON AND MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SE MON NIGHT. N OF 26N SEAS 5 TO 9 FT...BUILDING TO 8 TO 11 FT IN NE SWELL. S OF 26N SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN NE SWELL. .TUE...N OF WARM FRONT SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. S OF WARM FRONT SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S TO SW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .TUE NIGHT...E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW TO W AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT. W OF FRONT WINDS SHIFTING TO NW AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT. .WED...E OF FRONT SW TO W WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. W OF FRONT NW WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 8 TO 11 FT. .THU...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO NE TO E 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT LATE. $$ GMZ086-100330- E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W 330 PM CST SAT FEB 09 2008 .TONIGHT...WINDS N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT 1 TO 3 FT S OF 25N. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE SUN NIGHT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT 2 TO 4 FT N OF 29N. N OF 27N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S OF 27N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT. .MON AND MON NIGHT...N OF 27N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING E TO SE AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT MON NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S OF 27N WINDS NE TO E 20 TO 25 KT...HIGHEST STRAITS OF FLORIDA. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT...HIGHEST S. TUE...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S TO SE S OF WARM FRONT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N...AND 7 TO 10 FT S OF 27N SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FT ENTIRE AREA IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS TUE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. .TUE NIGHT AND WED...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW TO W AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT WED AFTERNOON THEN SHIFTING TO NW AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT W OF FRONT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT ...BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT LATE. .THU...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...BECOMING N TO NE AND DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT...THEN SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT LATE. $$ FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN