000 FZNT24 KNHC 290326 OFFNT4 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 930 PM CST THU FEB 28 2008 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT. GMZ089-290930- SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO 930 PM CST THU FEB 28 2008 .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES CENTERED OVER THE SERN STATES SHOULD ALLOW FOR A MODEST RETURN FLOW TO BRIEFLY SET UP OVER THE WRN AND CTRL GULF TONIGHT AND FRI. THE LOW-LEVEL FLOW SHOULD THEN BACK TO THE E...AS NEW HIGH PRES BUILDS BEHIND A WEAK COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO THE SERN STATES/NERN GULF LATE SAT AND EARLY SUN. BY MON... HIGH PRES MOVING OFF THE CAROLINA COAST SHOULD BRING A STRONGER RETURN FLOW TO THE GULF...AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT FORECAST TO REACH THE NWRN GULF MON AFTERNOON. THE FRONT SHOULD SWEEP ACROSS THE GULF AND USHER IN POSSIBLE GALE CONDITIONS TO THE WRN WATERS TUE. $$ GMZ080-290930- NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W INCLUDING FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY 930 PM CST THU FEB 28 2008 ...POSSIBLE GALE CONDITIONS LATE MON AND EARLY TUE... .TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT DECREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT IN SE TO S SWELL LATE W OF 94W AND 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT LATE. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING E TO SE FRI EVENING. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT IN SE SWELL SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 5 FT LATE. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING SE LATE. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 4 FT LATE. .SUN...SE WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT SUN EVENING THEN 20 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT IN SE SWELL LATE. .MON...SE OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BECOMING S TO SW 20 KT LATE. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT IN SE SWELL. NW OF FRONT NW WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 7 TO 11 FT. SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG AND E OF FRONT. .TUE...NW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT TUE EVENING THEN VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT LATE. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FT LATE. $$ GMZ082-290930- SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W 930 PM CST THU FEB 28 2008 ...POSSIBLE GALE CONDITIONS EARLY TUE... .TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING SE TO S 20 TO 25 KT THEN DECREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING E TO SE THIS AFTERNOON THEN E 15 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT LATE. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...W OF 94W E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING E TO SE LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 5 FT LATE. E OF 94W E WINDS 15 KT BECOMING NE TO E 15 TO 20 KT SAT EVENING. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 5 FT LATE. .SUN...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING SE 15 TO 20 KT SUN EVENING THEN SE TO S 20 TO 25 KT N OF 20N LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT EXCEPT 2 TO 4 FT S OF 20N. .MON...SE OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT MON EVENING THEN 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT LATE. NW OF FRONT NW WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 7 TO 11 FT LATE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG AND SE OF FRONT. .TUE...SE OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. NW OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 25 TO 35 KT BECOMING N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 9 TO 14 FT IN NW SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG FRONT EARLY. $$ GMZ084-290930- MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W 930 PM CST THU FEB 28 2008 .TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT N OF 26N LATE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT N OF 26N AND 4 TO 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT S OF 26N. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING E EXCEPT SE TO S 5 TO 10 KT N OF 29N LATE. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N AND 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...N OF 29N VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2 FT. S OF 29N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT SAT AFTERNOON THEN E 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT SUN EVENING. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT N OF 28N AND 4 TO 6 FT S OF 28N. .MON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING SE TO S 20 TO 25 KT MON EVENING THEN S TO SW LATE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT IN S SWELL LATE EXCEPT 4 TO 6 FT S OF 25N. .TUE...SE OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING SW 10 TO 15 KT TUE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. NW OF FRONT W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT TUE EVENING THEN 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 9 TO 13 FT IN NW SWELL SUBSIDING TO 8 TO 12 FT LATE. SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG AND SE OF FRONT. $$ GMZ086-290930- E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W 930 PM CST THU FEB 28 2008 .TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING E. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT N OF 27N AND 4 TO 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...N OF 26N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT DECREASING TO 5 TO 10 KT FRI AFTERNOON THEN VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT LATE. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2 FT LATE. S OF 26N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...N OF 28N NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT BECOMING VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. S OF 28N N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT EXCEPT 15 TO 20 KT S OF 25N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT EXCEPT 4 TO 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 4 FT LATE S OF 25N. .SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING E TO SE 15 TO 20 KT SUN EVENING. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT N OF 26N AND 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT S OF 26N. .MON...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING SE TO S LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TUE...SE OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING S TO SW 20 TO 25 KT N OF 25N AND 10 TO 15 KT S OF 25N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT EXCEPT 6 TO 9 FT IN S SWELL N OF 27N EARLY. NW OF FRONT W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 7 TO 11 FT IN W TO NW SWELL LATE. SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG AND SE OF FRONT. $$ FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN