000 FZNT24 KNHC 230859 OFFNT4 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 330 AM CST TUE DEC 23 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. GMZ089-231530- SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO 330 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2008 .SYNOPSIS...STATIONARY FRONT ALONG LINE FROM 23N80W TO 23N90W TO 23N93W...WARM FRONT FROM 23N93W TO 1016 MB LOW PRESSURE CENTER 26N96W...STATIONARY FRONT CONTINUES FROM 1016 MB LOW TO 22N97W. E PART OF FRONT WILL DISSIPATE OVERNIGHT AS THE LOW PRES LIFTS N INTO TEXAS. STRONG HIGH PRES BEHIND FRONT N OF THE AREA SHIFTS INTO WESTERN ATLC TUE NIGHT AND WED. TROUGH REMAINS OVER WESTERN GULF TUE AND MERGE WITH WEAK COLD FRONT MOVING INTO TEXAS BY WED. THIS COLD FRONT WILL GRAZE NW AND N CENTRAL WATERS INTO THU AND THEN MOVE N OF AREA. A THIRD COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO NW WATERS SAT...AND MOVE TO LINE FROM 31N84W TO 25N92W TO 19N93W LATE SAT. $$ GMZ080-231530- NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W INCLUDING FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY 330 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2008 .TODAY AND TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. .WED THROUGH THU...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S WINDS 15 KT SE OF FRONT AND NE WINDS 15 KT N OF FRONT WED...BECOMING SE 10 TO 15 KT EARLY THU...AND SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT LATE THU. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT THU. SCATTERED SHOWERS N PART. .FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING SE TO S 20 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT BUILDING TO 7 TO 9 FT W OF 93W LATE. .SAT...NW OF FRONT N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SE OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS ALONG THE FRONT. $$ GMZ082-231530- SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W 330 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2008 .TODAY...E OF 95W E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT 20 KT E OF 93W. W OF 95W W WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. WINDS BECOMING SE 10 TO 15 KT LATE TODAY...EXCEPT 20 KT NW CORNER ALONG COAST. SEAS S OF 20N W OF 93W 2 TO 4 FT...SEAS ELSEWHERE 9 TO 10 FT DECREASING TO SEAS 6 TO 8 FT LATE. .TONIGHT...N OF 21N SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. S OF 21N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT TUE NIGHT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. .THU AND FRI...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT... INCREASING TO 25 KT N OF 22N W OF 95W LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT...NW OF FRONT N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT. SE OF FRONT SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT BY SAT EVENING. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS ALONG THE FRONT. $$ GMZ084-231530- MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W 330 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2008 .TODAY AND TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. .WED AND WED NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT WED NIGHT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT WED NIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS N PART WED NIGHT. .THU AND FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. .SAT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. $$ GMZ086-231530- E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W 330 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2008 .TODAY AND TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT IN E SWELL S OF 25N AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 25N. .WED AND WED NIGHT...N OF 25N SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT WED NIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. S OF 25N E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT IN E SWELL. .THU AND FRI...N OF 25N SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S OF 25N E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. .SAT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. $$ FORECASTER MT