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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.
 
 
 
 GMZ089-100930-
 SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO
 930 PM CST TUE FEB 09 2010
 
 
 .SYNOPSIS...COLD FRONT FROM FORT MYERS FLORIDA SW TO NORTHERN
 YUCATAN PENINSULA WILL MOVE E OF AREA WITHIN THE NEXT THREE
 HOURS. A TROUGH IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE SW GULF WED
 NIGHT WITH LOW PRES EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE TROUGH NEAR
 SOUTHERN TEXAS THU AND THU NIGHT. THE LOW WILL THEN STRAIGHTEN
 WHILE TRACKING ENE DRAGGING A COLD FRONT ACROSS MAINLY ACROSS
 THE SOUTHERN GULF...EXITING THE AREA EARLY SAT AS WEAK HIGH PRES
 BUILDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF PORTION INTO SUN.
 
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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.        GMZ084-100930-  MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W  930 PM CST TUE FEB 09 2010    TONIGHT  NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT S OF  25N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 25N.  WED  N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING 8 TO 10 FT.  WED NIGHT  NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT N OF 26N...AND  7 TO 9 FT S OF 26N IN N SWELL.  THU AND THU NIGHT  NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.  SCATTERED SHOWERS W PART LATE.  FRI  N OF 25N E TO SE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...EXCEPT W OF FRONT  BECOMING W TO NW. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...EXCEPT W OF FRONT BUILDING TO  8 TO 11 FT. S OF 25N S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT W OF  FRONT BECOMING W TO NW 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7  FT.  SAT  N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 8 FT  LATE.  SUN  NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN N SWELL S OF  26N...AND 2 TO 3 FT N OF 26N.    $$  

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