GMZ005-100330-
 SYNOPSIS FOR KEYS COASTAL WATERS FROM OCEAN REEF TO DRY TORTUGAS
 430 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010
 
 
 .SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT WILL RACE EASTWARD ACROSS THE GULF OF
 MEXICO TODAY...AND PASS THROUGH THE FLORIDA KEYS TONIGHT. AN AREA OF
 HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD EASTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED
 STATES WEDNESDAY THROUGH THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WILL
 DEVELOP OVER THE WESTERN GULF THURSDAY NIGHT...AND MOVE QUICKLY
 EASTWARD ON FRIDAY...WITH ANOTHER COLD FRONT LIKELY PASSING THROUGH
 THE KEYS FRIDAY NIGHT.
 
 THE APPROXIMATE SHOREWARD EDGE OF THE GULF STREAM AS OF FEBRUARY
 8TH...
 
 29 NM S OF DRY TORTUGAS LIGHT...ON LOGGERHEAD KEY.
 24 NM S OF COSGROVE SHOAL LIGHT...OFF THE MARQUESAS KEYS.
 32 NM S OF SAND KEY LIGHT...OFF KEY WEST.
 32 NM S OF LOOE KEY...OFF BIG PINE KEY.
 17 NM S OF SOMBRERO KEY LIGHT...OFF MARATHON.
 17 NM SE OF ALLIGATOR REEF LIGHT...OFF ISLAMORADA.
 15 NM SE OF MOLASSES REEF LIGHT...OFF KEY LARGO.
 12 NM E OF CARYSFORT REEF LIGHT...OFF OCEAN REEF.
 
 GULF STREAM INFORMATION COURTESY OF THE NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE.
 
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 GMZ032-033-100330-
 GULF SIDE OF THE LOWER KEYS OUT 20 NM-
 GULF WATERS FROM EAST CAPE SABLE TO CHOKOLOSKEE 20 TO 60 NM OUT-
 430 PM EST TUE FEB 9 2010
 
 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR INCREASING WINDS
 

 TONIGHT
 SOUTHWEST WINDS NEAR 15 KNOTS...SHIFTING TO NORTHWEST AND
 INCREASING TO NEAR 20 KNOTS AND GUSTY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS BEYOND
 FIVE FATHOMS 3 TO 4 FEET...BUILDING TO 4 TO 7 FEET LATE. SEAS INSIDE
 FIVE FATHOMS 2 TO 3 FEET...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET LATE. NEARSHORE
 WATERS A MODERATE CHOP...BECOMING ROUGH. SCATTERED SHOWERS...THEN
 ISOLATED SHOWERS LATE.

 WEDNESDAY
 NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS NEAR 20 KNOTS AND GUSTY.
 SEAS BEYOND FIVE FATHOMS 5 TO 8 FEET. SEAS INSIDE FIVE FATHOMS 3 TO 5
 FEET. NEARSHORE WATERS ROUGH.

 WEDNESDAY NIGHT
 NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS BEYOND FIVE
 FATHOMS 5 TO 8 FEET...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FEET LATE. SEAS INSIDE
 FIVE FATHOMS 2 TO 4 FEET. NEARSHORE WATERS CHOPPY.

 THURSDAY
 NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 KNOTS
 EARLY...DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS BEYOND
 FIVE FATHOMS 4 TO 6 FEET...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET IN THE
 AFTERNOON. SEAS INSIDE FIVE FATHOMS 2 TO 4 FEET...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO
 2 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON. NEARSHORE WATERS CHOPPY...BECOMING A LIGHT
 TO MODERATE CHOP.

 THURSDAY NIGHT
 NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.
 NEARSHORE WATERS A LIGHT TO MODERATE CHOP.

 FRIDAY
 EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 KNOTS...BECOMING SOUTHEAST AND
 INCREASING TO NEAR 15 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET.
 NEARSHORE WATERS BECOMING A MODERATE CHOP. ISOLATED SHOWERS.

 FRIDAY NIGHT
 WINDS SHIFTING WEST TO NORTHWEST AND INCREASING TO
 NEAR 20 KNOTS. SEAS BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET LATE. NEARSHORE WATERS
 BECOMING ROUGH. SCATTERED SHOWERS.

 SATURDAY
 NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS NEAR 20 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 7
 FEET...HIGHEST BEYOND FIVE FATHOMS. NEARSHORE WATERS ROUGH. ISOLATED
 SHOWERS EARLY.

 SUNDAY
 NORTH WINDS NEAR 15 KNOTS. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET. NEARSHORE
 WATERS A MODERATE CHOP.
 
 
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