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FZNT24 KNHC 251522
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OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1030 AM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

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. 

GMZ089-252130-
SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
1030 AM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

.SYNOPSIS...A TROPICAL WAVE ACROSS THE W CARIBBEAN ALONG 82.5W 
EXTENDED N INTO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA THIS MORNING...WITH AN 
ASSOCIATED WIND SURGE MOVING W ACROSS THE SE GULF. THE WAVE 
WILL MOVE W-NW AND INTO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE SAT EVENING 
AND ACROSS THE S CENTRAL AND SW GULF SUN AND MON. LOW PRES ALONG 
THE WAVE IN THE CARIBBEAN MAY DEVELOP INTO A TROPICAL CYCLONE 
BEFORE REACHING LAND LATE SAT...AND THEN POTENTIALLY AGAIN AFTER 
IT EMERGES OVER THE SW GULF MON THROUGH TUE...AS IT TAKES A 
GENERAL NW MOTION. 

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GMZ080-252130-
NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W   
INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY 
1030 AM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

.THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SAT...W OF 94W E TO SE WINDS 10 KT 
BECOMING SE SAT AND INCREASING 10 TO 15 KT SAT NIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 
3 FT BUILDING 3 TO 4 FT SAT NIGHT. E OF 94W E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 
10 KT BECOMING NE TO E 10 TO 15 KT SAT NIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT 
BUILDING 3 TO 5 FT SAT NIGHT.
.SAT NIGHT AND SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON AND TUE...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT 20 TO 25 KT S 
PORTION. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT BUILDING TO 5 TO 8 FT TUE. SCATTERED 
SHOWERS AND TSTMS SPREADING NW. 

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GMZ082-252130-
SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W
1030 AM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

.THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING 
N TO NE 15 TO 20 KT WITHIN 90 NM OF THE YUCATAN COAST BY LATE 
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT EXCEPT BUILDING 4 TO 5 FT N OF 21N E 
OF 92W BY EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS ISOLATED TSTMS.
.SAT THROUGH SUN...S OF 23N E OF 93W N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT 
BECOMING E TO SE 20 TO 25 KT SUN. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT BUILDING 5 TO 8 
FT BY SUN. ELSEWHERE NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING N TO NE 
SUN. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING 3 TO 5 FT BY SUN. SCATTERED SHOWERS 
AND TSTMS E PORTION.
.MON AND TUE...E OF 93W SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 
FT. W OF 93W N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT IN E 
SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS E PORTION.

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GMZ084-252130-
MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W   
1030 AM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010
 
.THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SAT...S OF 25N NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT 
INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT S OF 24N TONIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT 
BUILDING 6 TO 7 FT SAT. N OF 25N E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT 
BECOMING E 10 TO 15 KT SAT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT AND SUN...S OF 25N SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITH HIGHER 
GUSTS. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. N OF 25N E TO SE WINDS 15 KT INCREASING 
TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE SUN. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND 
TSTMS S OF 24N AND NEAR YUCATAN CHANNEL.
.MON AND TUE...S OF 26N SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT WITH HIGHER GUSTS. 
SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. N OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 26N.

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GMZ086-252130-
E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W        
1030 AM CDT FRI JUN 25 2010

.THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SAT...S OF 25N E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT... 
EXCEPT 20 TO 25 KT THROUGH STRAITS OF FLORIDA...BECOMING E TO SE 
SAT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT... EXCEPT BUILDING TO 10 FT IN THE STRAITS 
OF FLORIDA. N OF 25N E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 25N. 
.SAT NIGHT AND SUN...S OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 
SUBSIDING 4 TO 7 FT. N OF 26N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 
FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS S OF 25N.
.MON AND TUE...S OF 26N SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. N 
OF 26N SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS 
AND TSTMS S OF 25N W OF 83W. 

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FORECASTER STRIPLING