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