000 FZNT24 KNHC 132127 OFFNT4 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 430 PM CDT WED OCT 13 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. GMZ089-140330- SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO 430 PM CDT WED OCT 13 2010 .SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE PAULA OVER YUCATAN CHANNEL NEAR 21.7N 85.6W 992 MB AT 4 PM CDT IS MOVING NNE AT 4 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 75 KT GUSTS 90 KT. PAULA WILL WEAKEN AS IT MOVES TO NEAR 22.1N 85.2W LATE TONIGHT...THEN WEAKEN FURTHER TO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT CROSSES WESTERN CUBA NEAR 22.7N 84.0W THU AFTERNOON ...THEN WILL GRADUALLY TURN SE AND CONTINUE TO WEAKEN OVER W CENTRAL CUBA NEAR 23.0N 82.5W BY LATE THU NIGHT...AND CONTINUE OVER CENTRAL CUBA NEAR 23.0N 81.0W BY FRI AFTERNOON. PAULA WILL THEN WEAKEN TO A DEPRESSION SAT AND DISSIPATE SUN OVER CENTRAL CUBA. A WEAK COLD FRONT FROM N FLORIDA EXTENDS SW TO 26N90W TO NE MEXICO NEAR 25N98W. THE FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE SE AND DISSIPATE THROUGH THU MORNING BEFORE A STRONGER REINFORCING COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SE ACROSS THE AREA THU THROUGH EARLY FRI NIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE FAR NORTHERN PORTION FRI NIGHT THROUGH SUN THEN SHIFT TO NE OF THE GULF MON. $$ GMZ080-140330- NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY 430 PM CDT WED OCT 13 2010 .TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 20 KT BEHIND FRONT. SEAS BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE THU NIGHT. SEAS BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT FRI NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N E OF 94W AND 1 TO 3 FT ELSEWHERE. .SAT...W OF 95W E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. E OF 95W NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. .SUN...E TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. .MON...W OF 95W SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. E OF 95W E TO SE WINDS 5 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. $$ GMZ082-140330- SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W 430 PM CDT WED OCT 13 2010 .TONIGHT... N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .THU AND THU NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. .SAT...W OF 93W NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT SHIFTING E TO SE LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. E OF 93W NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT NE NEAR YUCATAN COAST. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .MON...W OF 94W SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. E OF 94W NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. $$ GMZ084-140330- MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W 430 PM CDT WED OCT 13 2010 ...HURRICANE WARNING S OF 23N E OF 86W... .TONIGHT...HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 60 NM OF CENTER OF PAULA. HIGHEST WINDS 75 KT GUSTS 90 KT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 60 NM NE QUADRANT...30 NM SE QUADRANT...15 NM SW QUADRANT AND 45 NM NW QUADRANT. HIGHEST SEAS 18 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 25N WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT. N OF 25N NW TO N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT FROM 25N TO 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. NUMEROUS TSTMS IN SQUALLS WITHIN 150 NM OF PAULA. .THU AND THU NIGHT...S OF 24N E OF 87W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 33 KT EARLY...DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25 KT THU NIGHT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT... SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 8 FT THU NIGHT. ELSEWHERE WINDS BECOMING NW TO N 15 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO N TO NE THU NIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. .FRI AND FRI NIGHT...S OF 24N E OF 87W N TO NE WINDS DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. ELSEWHERE NW TO N WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT FROM 24N TO 28N...AND TO 1 TO 3 FT N OF 28N FRI NIGHT. .SAT AND SUN...N OF 25N NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. S OF 25N NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .MON...S OF 25N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. N OF 25N WINDS BECOMING E TO SE 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. $$ GMZ086-140330- E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W 430 PM CDT WED OCT 13 2010 ...HURRICANE WARNING S OF 24N... .TONIGHT THROUGH FRI...S OF 24N NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT AND FURTHER INCREASING TO HURRICANE STRENGTH S OF 23N LATE TONIGHT INTO THU MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING TO TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH THU EVENING AND FRI. HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 60 NM OF CENTER OF PAULA. HIGHEST WINDS 75 KT GUSTS 90 KT. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER WITHIN 60 NM NE QUADRANT...30 NM SE QUADRANT...15 NM SW QUADRANT AND 45 NM NW QUADRANT. HIGHEST SEAS 18 FT. HIGHEST SEAS 18 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 25N WINDS 20 TO 33 KT. SEAS 7 TO 11 FT. N OF 25N NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT FROM 25N TO 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SQUALLS S OF 25N. .FRI NIGHT...S OF 25N N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 7 FT. N OF 25N NW TO N WINDS DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT. .SAT...N OF 27N WINDS BECOMING N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT. S OF 27N NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT TO 20 KT IN STRAITS OF FLORIDA. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...EXCEPT TO 7 FT IN STRAITS OF FLORIDA. .SUN...N OF 25N E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. S OF 25N NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...S OF 25N E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. N OF 25N WINDS BECOMING E TO SE 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 3 FT. $$ FORECASTER FORMOSA/AGUIRRE