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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. GMZ089-211530- SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO 330 AM CST SAT NOV 21 2009 .SYNOPSIS...LOW NEAR 27N95W 1008 MB WITH COLD FRONT SW TO NEAR 20N97W. LOW WILL MOVE NE TOWARDS SE LOUISIANA THIS MORNING THEN WEAKEN AND MOVE INLAND WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE EARLY SUN. THE COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE BY LATE TONIGHT AND FROM APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO NW YUCATAN PENINSULA BY SUNDAY THEN CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AND MOVE SLOWLY EAST AND BECOME DIFFUSE OVER THE SOUTHEAST PART LATE MON. WEAK HIGH PRES WILL THEN SETTLE IN OVER THE N CENTRAL GULF BY LATE MON. NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST TUESDAY AND EXTEND FROM NORTH FLORIDA TO BAY OF CAMPECHE LATE WEDNESDAY. $$
SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT. GMZ084-211530- MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W 330 AM CST SAT NOV 21 2009 TODAY AND TONIGHT N OF 25N SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON THEN SHIFTING TO SW TO W 15 TO 20 KT BEHIND FRONT EARLY TONIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT BEHIND FRONT TONIGHT. S OF 25N S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT BECOMING W TO NW BEHIND FRONT TONIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG FRONT. SUN AND SUN NIGHT NW OF FRONT W TO NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT BECOMING NW TO N SUN NIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SE OF FRONT NE TO E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. MON N TO NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT EXCEPT 3 TO 5 FT ACROSS THE YUCATAN CHANNEL. TUE NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT NEAR YUCATAN CHANNEL LATE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT S OF 25N LATE. WED NE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. $$
