000 FZNT24 KNHC 231455 OFFNT4 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1030 AM CDT THU OCT 23 2008 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. GMZ089-232130- SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO 1030 AM CDT THU OCT 23 2008 .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM 30N91W TO 19N96W THIS MORNING SHOULD ADVANCE SOUTHEAST AND MERGE WITH BROAD LOW PRES MOVING SLOWLY N OVER S CENTRAL GULF. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD EXTEND FROM 29N86W TO THE NE YUCATAN FRI MORNING...CEDAR KEY FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN CHANNEL FRI EVENING...SARASOTA FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN CHANNEL EARLY SAT...AND SE OF THE AREA LATER SAT. MEANWHILE...A DEVELOPING WARM FRONT FROM 26N89W TO 25N82W THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD LIFT TO 29N87W TO 27N82W SHOULD LIFT NE ACROSS FLORIDA FRI EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS GULF FROM WEST OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH SECOND STRONGER FRONT SWEEPING FROM 30N86W TO 27N97W MON MORNING TO SE OF THE AREA MON NIGHT. $$ GMZ080-230930- NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W INCLUDING FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY 1030 AM CDT THU OCT 23 2008 .THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...W OF FRONT N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT W OF 93W AND 15 TO 20 KT E OF 93W LATE TONIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FT LATE W OF 93W AND 5 TO 8 FT E OF 93W. E OF FRONT NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED TSTMS ALONG FRONT. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING NE TO E 10 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT W OF 93W AND 5 TO 8 FT E OF 93W SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AREA WIDE LATE. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...S OF 28N E OF 93W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .SUN...N OF 28N SW TO W WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. S OF 28N NE TO E WINDS 10 KT OR LESS BECOMING SE TO S W OF 94W SUN AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS FAR N LATE. .MON...N OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 8 TO 13 FT S OF 28N AND 6 TO 9 FT N OF 28N LATE. S OF FRONT NE TO E WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG FRONT. $$ GMZ082-230930- SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W 1030 AM CDT THU OCT 23 2008 .THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...W OF FRONT W OF 94W NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT DIMINISHING 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT. W OF FRONT E OF 94W NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT TONIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. E OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING TO N TO NE LATE. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT W OF 94W AND 4 TO 7 FT E OF 94W SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AREA WIDE LATE. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...W OF 93W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT . E OF 93W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT LATE. .SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT EXCEPT 3 TO 5 FT S OF 20N. .MON...NW OF FRONT N WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 7 TO 11 FT N OF 23N AND 6 TO 9 FT S OF 23N LATE. SE OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. $$ GMZ084-230930- MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W 1030 AM CDT THU OCT 23 2008 .THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...N OF 27N E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT BECOMING E TO SE LATE. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT BUILDING TO 8 TO 13 FT. S OF 27N SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT SHIFTING TO N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT W OF FRONT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT EXCEPT 4 TO 7 FT N OF 25N. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS N HALF AND ALONG FRONT. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...W OF FRONT N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT. N OF 27N E OF FRONT SE WINDS 20 KT BECOMING SW 15 KT FRI AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 7 FT. S OF 27N E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS TSTMS N HALF AND SCATTERED TSTMS ALONG FRONT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N N OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT. S OF 27N SE OF FRONT E TO SE WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT. N OF 27N NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT EXCEPT 2 TO 3 FT NEAR SHORE. .SUN...S OF 26N N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. N OF 26N N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT EXCEPT 1 TO 2 FT NEAR SHORE. .MON...S OF FRONT S OF 25N N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT IN N TO NE SWELL. N OF 25N S OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. NW OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT BUILDING TO 8 TO 12 FT LATE. $$ GMZ086-230930- E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W 1030 AM CDT THU OCT 23 2008 .THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...N OF WARM FRONT E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT BUILDING TO 8 TO 12 FT. S OF WARM FRONT E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT EXCEPT TO 25 KT STRAITS OF FLORIDA BECOMING SE TO S 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT N OF 24N. SCATTERED TSTMS THIS AFTERNOON BECOMING SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS N OF 26N TONIGHT. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...N OF WARM FRONT E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT. W OF COLD FRONT W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT. S OF WARM FRONT SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING S TO SW LATE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS TSTMS N OF WARM FRONT EARLY AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED TSTMS ALONG FRONT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...NW OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N AND 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N. SE OF FRONT VARIABLE MOSTLY SE TO S WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FT. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED TSTMS ALONG FRONT. .SUN...S OF 27N N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT. N OF 27N N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT SUN NIGHT. .MON...S OF 27N S OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. N OF 27N S OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. NW OF FRONT N WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT LATE. FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN