000 FZNT24 KNHC 060240 OFFNT4 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 930 PM CST FRI DEC 05 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. GMZ089-060930- SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO 930 PM CST FRI DEC 05 2008 .SYNOPSIS...STATIONARY FRONT FROM 29N83W TO 25N91W TO 22N98W SHOULD RESUME A MOVEMENT TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST LATE SAT. THE FRONT SHOULD REACH FROM 28N83W TO 25N90W TO 24N98W SAT EVENING AND FROM THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO 23N90W TO 26N97W SUN EVENING. THE FRONT SHOULD BEGIN LIFTING NORTH AS A WARM FRONT LATE SUN AND EARLY MON...EXTENDING FROM 28N98W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA MON MORNING AND 30N89W TO 27N83W TUE MORNING BEFORE MOVING NE OF THE AREA LATER TUE. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW INCREASES OVER THE WESTERN GULF WATERS MON...SPREADING E ACROSS THE GULF BY TUE... AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY WED. THE FRONT SHOULD REACH FROM 29N91W TO 20N97W WED MORNING AND FROM 30N87W TO THE N CENTRAL YUCATAN BY WED EVENING. $$ GMZ080-060930- NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W INCLUDING FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY 930 PM CST FRI DEC 05 2008 .TONIGHT...N OF 27N NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING NW TO N 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT. S OF 27N NE WINDS 15 KT BECOMING N TO NE 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT LATE. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...N OF 27N NW TO N WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. S OF 27N N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING NE TO E SUN AFTERNOON THEN E TO SE LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT. .MON...N OF WARM FRONT E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING SE TO S. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT. S OF WARM FRONT SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF WARM FRONT. .TUE...NW OF FRONT TUE NIGHT NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT. SE OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 30 KT BECOMING S TO SW 20 TO 25 KT TUE EVENING THEN DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS TSTMS ALONG FRONT. .WED...NW OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS BUILDING TO 9 TO 14 FT S OF 27N AND 6 TO 10 FT N OF 27N. SE OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN S SWELL. SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS TSTMS ALONG FRONT. $$ GMZ082-060930- SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W 930 PM CST FRI DEC 05 2008 ...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED W OF 92W WED... .TONIGHT...NW OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT. SE OF FRONT NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT N OF 20N AND 2 TO 4 FT S OF 20N. SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG FRONT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...W OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING NE TO E. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT. SE OF FRONT VARIABLE MOSTLY NE TO E WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING E TO SE LATE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT EXCEPT 1 TO 3 FT S OF 20N. .MON...N OF 20N W OF 94W SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT TUE EVENING THEN 20 TO 30 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 7 TO 9 FT. ELSEWHERE E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING SE TO S 20 TO 25 KT TUE EVENING. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT N OF 20N AND 3 TO 5 FT S OF 20N. .TUE...NW OF FRONT LATE NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT IN S SWELL. SE OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25 KT BY TUE EVENING THEN 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT IN SE TO S SWELL N OF 20N SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 8 FT LATE AND 3 TO 5 FT S OF 20N SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT. .WED...NW OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SEAS 9 TO 15 FT BUILDING TO 10 TO 17 FT. SE OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT EXCEPT S TO SW WITHIN 90 NM OF FRONT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT EXCEPT 2 TO 4 FT S OF 20N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG FRONT. $$ GMZ084-060930- MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W 930 PM CST FRI DEC 05 2008 .TONIGHT...NW OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT EARLY DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT THEN 10 KT OR LESS BY MORNING. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT. N OF 25N E OF FRONT VARIABLE MOSTLY S TO SW WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. S OF 25N NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG FRONT. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...NW OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT SAT NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT. SE OF FRONT SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT WITHIN 90 NM OF FRONT OTHERWISE NE WINDS 10 KT OR LESS BECOMING NW TO N SAT EVENING. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT THEN NE TO E LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT LATE. S OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 10 KT OR LESS BECOMING N TO NE LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...N OF WARM FRONT E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING SE 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT. S OF WARM FRONT E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING SE TO S 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF WARM FRONT. .TUE...N OF WARM FRONT SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. S OF WARM FRONT SE TO S WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF WARM FRONT EARLY. .WED...NW OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 6 TO 9 FT. N OF 25N E OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 8 FT. S OF 25N E OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT LATE. SCATTERED TO LOCALLY NUMEROUS TSTMS ALONG FRONT. $$ GMZ086-060930- E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W 930 PM CST FRI DEC 05 2008 .TONIGHT...NW OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT EARLY BECOMING NE TO E 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SE OF FRONT N OF 26N VARIABLE MOSTLY E TO SE WINDS 10 KT OR LESS BECOMING S TO SW LATE. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. S OF 26N NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT OR LESS EXCEPT 10 TO 15 KT IN STRAITS OF FLORIDA. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT EXCEPT 3 TO 5 FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA. .SAT AND SAT NIGHT...NW OF FRONT W TO NW 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT SAT EVENING. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT. N OF 24N SE OF FRONT SW TO W WINDS 10 KT OR LESS BECOMING W TO NW 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FT. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT EARLY SHIFTING NW TO N. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 3 FT. .SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING N TO NE 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT LATE. S OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 10 KT OR LESS BECOMING N TO NE LATE. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...N OF WARM FRONT E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT. S OF WARM FRONT E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF WARM FRONT. .TUE...N OF WARM FRONT SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S OF WARM FRONT SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT LATE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS N OF WARM FRONT EARLY. .WED...N OF 26N SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT LATE. S OF 26N SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. $$ FORECASTER KIMBERLAIN