000 FZNT24 KNHC 020919 OFFNT4 OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 330 AM CST THU DEC 02 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. GMZ089-021530- SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO 330 AM CST THU DEC 02 2010 .SYNOPSIS...STRONG NE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO A FRESH BREEZE FROM W TO E THROUGH TONIGHT AS HIGH PRES MOVES SLOWLY E ALONG THE N GULF....THEN LIGHT TO MODERATE FLOW ACROSS ENTIRE GULF BY SAT. A REINFORCING FRONT WILL PUSH INTO NE GULF LATE SAT AND REACH FROM S FLORIDA TO S TEXAS LATE SUN. FRONT TO WEAKEN AND STALL FROM STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO NE MEXICO MON. $$ GMZ080-021530- NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY 330 AM CST THU DEC 02 2010 .TODAY THROUGH SAT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT SHIFTING SE TO S FRI. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .SUN AND MON...N OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISH TO 10 KT LATE SUN. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S OF FRONT NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. $$ GMZ082-021530- SW GULF S OF 25N W OF 90W 330 AM CST THU DEC 02 2010 .TODAY THROUGH SUN...S OF 22N E OF 94W NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING NE TO E 10 TO 15 KT SAT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT SUBSIDE TO 3 FT BY SUN. ELSEWHERE NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT FRI NIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. $$ GMZ084-021530- MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W 330 AM CST THU DEC 02 2010 .TODAY THROUGH SAT...N OF 26N NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT DIMINISHING TO 5 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT SUBSIDE TO 2 FT. S OF 26N NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 FT. .SUN AND MON...N OF FRONT N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISH TO 10 KT LATE SUN. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. S OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. $$ GMZ086-021530- E GULF BETWEEN 81W AND 85W 330 AM CST THU DEC 02 2010 .TODAY THROUGH FRI NIGHT...S OF 24N N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT EARLY DIMINISHING TO 20 KT TONIGHT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT GRADUALLY SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT. OTHERWISE...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT DIMINISHING TO 10 KT N OF 27N FRI NIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 4 FT. .SAT...S OF 28N NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. N OF 28N W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN AND MON...N OF 26N N WINDS 20 KT DIMINISH TO 10 KT MON. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. S OF 26N N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. $$ FORECASTER STRIPLING