000 FZNT24 KNHC 132034 OFFNT4 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 430 PM CDT THU MAR 13 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. GMZ089-140330- SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO 430 PM CDT THU MAR 13 2008 .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES OVER THE ERN GULF WILL SHIFT E TONIGHT... AS A WARM FRONT FORMING OVER THE SW GULF LIFTS TO THE NE GULF COAST FRI AFTERNOON. AN INCREASING RETURN FLOW ACROSS THE WRN HALF OF THE GULF THIS EVENING SHOULD OVERSPREAD ALL THE GULF FRI AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT...EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE NW GULF BY MIDDAY SAT. THE FRONT SHOULD DIP AS FAR SOUTH AS 25N AND STALL SUN MORNING...WITH A BRISK ELY FLOW N OF THE FRONT THROUGH MON. NEXT STORM SYSTEM ORGANIZES OVER THE SRN PLAINS SUN...WITH A RETURN FLOW OF 20 TO 30 KT DEVELOPING OVER THE WRN GULF MON INTO TUE. THE ASSOCIATED FRONT REACHES THE GULF TUE AFTERNOON. $$ GMZ080-140330- NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W INCLUDING FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY 430 PM CDT THU MAR 13 2008 .TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 20 KT BECOMING S TO SW 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT W OF 94W AND 4 TO 6 FT E OF 94W THEN 4 TO 7 FT AREA WIDE LATE. .FRI...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT W OF 95W LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT...E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT THEN SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 6 FT LATE. W OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING NE TO NE 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT LATE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG AND SE OF FRONT. .SUN...N OF 26N NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING E TO SE LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 6 TO 10 FT IN E SWELL LATE. S OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS N OF FRONT. .MON...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT BUILDING TO 8 TO 13 FT IN SE SWELL LATE. .TUE...E OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25 KT TUE EVENING. SEAS BUILDING TO 10 TO 15 IN S SWELL. W OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 9 TO 13 FT IN SE SWELL SUBSIDING TO 8 TO 12 FT LATE. $$ GMZ082-140330- SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W 430 PM CDT THU MAR 13 2008 .TONIGHT....S OF 22N E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT EXCEPT 2 TO 4 FT S OF 20N. ELSEWHERE SE TO S 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING S 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT N OF 24N W OF 94W LATE. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT LATE EXCEPT 1 TO 2 FT S OF 20N. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...W OF 94W S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT SAT AFTERNOON THEN E TO SE 5 TO 10 KT LATE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. E OF 94W SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING NE TO E 5 TO 10 KT LATE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .SUN...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT. .MON...SE TO S WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT BUILDING TO 6 TO 10 FT IN SE SWELL N OF 22N AND N OF 20N W OF 95W. ELSEWHERE SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. .TUE...E OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25 KT LATE TUE. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT IN SE TO S SWELL LATE EXCEPT 5 TO 8 FT S OF 21N. N OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG FRONT. $$ GMZ084-140330- MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W 430 PM CDT THU MAR 13 2008 .TONIGHT...N OF WARM FRONT SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING E TO SE 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT LATE. S OF WARM SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING S TO SW LATE. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS N OF WARM FRONT. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...N OF WARM FRONT SE TO S WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. S OF WARM FRONT S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT EXCEPT 2 TO 3 FT NEAR YUCATAN LATE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS EARLY N OF WARM FRONT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E OF FRONT N OF 25N S TO SW WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT THEN DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT IN SW SWELL LATE. W OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. S OF 25N S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING SW 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT LATE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG FRONT LATE. .SUN...N OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT BECOMING NE TO E SUN AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. S OF FRONT S TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING E 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS NEAR AND N OF FRONT. .MON...E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT IN SE SWELL LATE. .TUE...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. N OF 24N SEAS 6 TO 10 FT BUILDING TO 7 TO 11 FT IN SE TO S SWELL. S OF 24N 5 TO 8 FT BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT IN SE SWELL. $$ GMZ086-140330- E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W 430 PM CDT THU MAR 13 2008 .TONIGHT...N OF 26N VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING S TO SW 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS AROUND 1 FT. S OF 26N NE TO E WINDS 10 KT BECOMING E TO SE THEN SE TO S 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. .FRI...N OF WARM FRONT SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT. S OF WARM FRONT SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT THEN SW 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF WARM FRONT. .FRI NIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT...N OF 26N S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT... INCREASING TO 20 KT SAT N OF 27N THEN SHIFTING W TO NW 15 TO 20 KT W OF FRONT LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT IN S TO SW SWELL AND 5 TO 8 FT IN SW SWELL W OF FRONT. ELSEWHERE S OF 26N S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT LATE EXCEPT 1 TO 3 FT IN FL STRAITS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG FRONT. .SUN...N OF FRONT N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT SUN AFTERNOON THEN INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT LATE. S OF FRONT SW TO W WINDS 10 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG FRONT. .MON...N OF 28N E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT MON AFTERNOON THEN SE 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. S OF 28N E WINDS 20 KT BECOMING E TO SE 15 TO 20 KT EXCEPT E 20 TO 25 KT IN STRAITS OF FL. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT IN SE SWELL LATE. .TUE...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT EXCEPT E TO SE 20 TO 25 KT IN STRAITS OF FL. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT EXCEPT 5 TO 8 FT IN E SWELL IN STRAITS OF FL. $$ FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN