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 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.
 
 
 
 GMZ089-100330-
 SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
 330 PM CST TUE FEB 09 2010
 
 
 .SYNOPSIS...LOW NEAR 28N83W 1009 MB WITH COLD FRONT SW TO 24N87W
 TO WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL MOVE E TONIGHT INTO WED MORNING
 PUSHING THE COLD FRONT SE OF THE AREA LATE TONIGHT. A TROUGH
 WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SW GULF WED NIGHT WITH LOW PRES EXPECTED
 TO DEVELOP ALONG THE TROUGH NEAR SOUTHERN TEXAS THU NIGHT AND
 MOVE E ALONG 25N FRI DRAGGING A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
 GULF. THE LOW AND COLD FRONT SHOULD EXIT THE AREA EARLY SAT AS
 WEAK HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF PORTION.
 
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 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.        GMZ080-100330-  NW GULF N OF 25N W OF 90W  INCLUDING THE FLOWER GARDEN BANKS NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY  330 PM CST TUE FEB 09 2010    TONIGHT  N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT.  WED AND WED NIGHT  NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT  S OF 28N...AND 5 TO 7 FT N OF 28N.  THU AND THU NIGHT  E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...EXCEPT W OF  FRONT SHIFTING TO W TO NW. SEAS 7 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND  TSTMS ALONG FRONT.  FRI  W OF FRONT NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. E  OF FRONT S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.  SAT  N TO NE WINDS 15 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 10 TO 15 KT LATE.  SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.  SUN  N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.    $$  

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