000 FZNT24 KNHC 240232 OFFNT4 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1030 PM 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. GMZ089-240930- SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO 1030 PM CDT THU OCT 23 2008 .SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT FROM 30N89W TO 21N97W TONIGHT MOVES SE AND MERGES WITH BROAD LOW PRES MOVING SLOWLY N OVER S CENTRAL GULF. THE COLD FRONT MOVES E AND EXTENDS FROM 29N84W TO THE N YUCATAN LATE FRI AND FROM SW FLORIDA TO N YUCATAN BY LATE SAT. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS W GULF SAT AND SUN. STRONGER COLD FRONT SWEEPING FROM 30N86W TO 27N97W MON MORNING TO THE FAR SOUTHERN GULF MON NIGHT. $$ GMZ080-232130- NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W INCLUDING FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY 1030 PM CDT THU OCT 23 2008 .TONIGHT...W OF 94W N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. E OF 94W N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FT W OF 94W. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING NE TO E 10 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT W OF 93W AND 5 TO 8 FT E OF 93W SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT AREA WIDE LATE. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...S OF 28N E OF 93W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .SUN...N OF 28N SW TO W WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. S OF 28N NE TO E WINDS 10 KT OR LESS BECOMING SE TO S W OF 94W SUN AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS FAR N LATE. .MON...N OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 8 TO 13 FT S OF 28N AND 6 TO 9 FT N OF 28N LATE. S OF FRONT NE TO E WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG FRONT. .TUE...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N LATE AND 10 TO 14 FT S OF 27N SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 9 FT IN N TO NE SWELL LATE. $$ GMZ082-232130- SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W 1030 PM CDT THU OCT 23 2008 .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 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. .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 5 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. .TUE...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT N OF 24N LATE. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT N OF 22N SUBSIDING TO 9 TO 13 FT AND 6 TO 10 FT S OF 22N BUILDING TO 10 TO 15 KT. $$ GMZ084-232130- MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W 1030 PM CDT THU OCT 23 2008 .TONIGHT...N OF 28N E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS SEAS 8 TO 13 FT...SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 9 FT LATE. S OF 27N S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT SHIFTING TO NW W OF FRONT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT EXCEPT 4 TO 7 FT N OF 25N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS ALONG FRONT. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...W OF FRONT NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT. N OF 27N E OF FRONT SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. S OF 27N E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS TSTMS N HALF AND SCATTERED TSTMS ALONG FRONT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N N OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT. S OF 27N SE OF FRONT E TO SE WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT. N OF 27N NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT EXCEPT 2 TO 3 FT NEAR SHORE. .SUN...S OF 26N N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. N OF 26N N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT EXCEPT 1 TO 2 FT NEAR SHORE. .MON...S OF FRONT S OF 25N N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT IN N TO NE SWELL. N OF 25N S OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. NW OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT BUILDING TO 8 TO 12 FT LATE. .TUE...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N LATE. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT N OF 27N EXCEPT 4 TO 7 FT NEAR SHORE SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FT EXCEPT 2 TO 4 FT NEAR SHORE. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT SUBSIDING TO 9 TO 13 FT LATE. $$ GMZ086-232130- E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W 1030 PM CDT THU OCT 23 2008 .TONIGHT...N OF 28N E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. S OF 28N E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT EXCEPT TO 25 KT STRAITS OF FLORIDA EARLY BECOMING SE TO S 15 TO 20 KT BY MORNING. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT N OF 24N AND 3 TO 5 FT S OF 24N. SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...N OF 28N SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 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 28N 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. .TUE...N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25 KT N OF 27N LATE. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT EXCEPT 6 TO 9 FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA BUILDING TO 9 TO 13 FT S OF 27N AND SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 8 FT N OF 27N LATE. FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN/COBB