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 Hazardous marine condition(s):
 Small Craft Advisory
 Hazardous Weather Outlook
 
 
 GMZ200-101000-
 253 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2010
 
 
 .SYNOPSIS FOR THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL
 SETTLE ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT AND DIMINISH THE NORTH
 WINDS AND SEAS. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING ACROSS
 THE NORTHWEST GULF BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS LOW PRESSURE
 SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT MOVES SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD ON
 THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. A STRENGTHENING NORTHEAST FLOW...BUILDING
 SEAS AND INCREASING RAIN CHANCES WILL BE THE RESULT. WIDESPREAD RAIN
 WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A WEAK TO
 MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW WILL THEN DEVELOP ON SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT
 WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON SATURDAY NIGHT WITH A MODERATE TO
 STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW DEVELOPING IN ITS WAKE.
 
 $$
 



     GMZ250-255-101000-  COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM-  COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT  20 NM-  253 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2010    SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING    SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION    TONIGHT  NORTH WIND 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET.  WEDNESDAY  NORTHEAST WIND 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET. A  CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.  WEDNESDAY NIGHT  NORTHEAST WIND 15 TO 20 KNOTS INCREASING TO  20 TO 25 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FEET. LIGHT RAIN  LIKELY.  THURSDAY  NORTHEAST WIND 20 TO 25 KNOTS. SEAS 7 TO 9 FEET.  RAIN.  THURSDAY NIGHT  NORTHEAST WIND 20 TO 25 KNOTS SHIFTING NORTH  AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 TO 9 FEET. RAIN IN THE EVENING...THEN A  CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.  FRIDAY  NORTH WIND 15 TO 20 KNOTS DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 KNOTS  IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 KNOTS. SEAS  4 TO 6 FEET.  SATURDAY  EAST WIND 5 TO 10 KNOTS SHIFTING SOUTH. SEAS 2 TO  4 FEET.  SUNDAY  NORTH WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS  IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN DECREASING TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS  AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FEET. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.    $$  

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