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Hazardous marine condition(s):
Hazardous Weather Outlook
GMZ200-102130- 258 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS... A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER EAST TEXAS TODAY...RESULTING IN A WEAK TO MODERATE NORTHEAST FLOW. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON...AND DEEPEN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES TEXAS. THIS WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN A TIGHTER PRESSURE GRADIENT AND MODERATE TO STRONG EAST WINDS BY THURSDAY. ALSO...WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL TURN NORTH THURSDAY NIGHT AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF THE REGION. WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE OFFSHORE FLOW WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY AND TURN ONSHORE SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON SUNDAY...RESULTING IN A MODERATE TO OFFSHORE FLOW. $$
GMZ235-102130- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O`CONNOR- 258 AM CST WED FEB 10 2010 TODAY NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY CHOPPY. A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. TONIGHT NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. BAYS CHOPPY TO ROUGH. RAIN. THURSDAY NORTHEAST WIND 20 TO 25 KNOTS DECREASING TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. BAYS CHOPPY TO ROUGH. RAIN AND AREAS OF FOG. THURSDAY NIGHT NORTHEAST WIND 20 TO 25 KNOTS SHIFTING NORTH AFTER MIDNIGHT. BAYS CHOPPY TO ROUGH. RAIN IN THE EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. FRIDAY NORTH WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 KNOTS. BAYS SLIGHTLY CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY CHOPPY. SATURDAY SOUTHEAST WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS BECOMING EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. BAYS SMOOTH. SUNDAY NORTEHAST WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS SHIFTING NORTH 15 TO 20 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. BAYS CHOPPY TO OCCASIONALLY ROUGH. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. $$
