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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. $$
GMZ270-275-101000- WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 253 PM CST TUE FEB 9 2010 SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT TONIGHT NORTH WIND AROUND 20 KNOTS DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS BY MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FEET. WEDNESDAY NORTHEAST WIND 15 TO 20 KNOTS. SEAS 5 TO 7 FEET. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. WEDNESDAY NIGHT NORTHEAST WIND 15 TO 20 KNOTS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FEET. A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN IN THE EVENING...THEN LIGHT RAIN LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THURSDAY NORTHEAST WIND 20 TO 25 KNOTS. SEAS 8 TO 10 FEET. RAIN. THURSDAY NIGHT EAST WIND 20 TO 25 KNOTS SHIFTING NORTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 9 TO 11 FEET. RAIN IN THE EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. FRIDAY NORTH WIND 20 TO 25 KNOTS BECOMING NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 KNOTS. SEAS 5 TO 7 FEET. SATURDAY EAST WIND AROUND 10 KNOTS SHIFTING SOUTHEAST. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET. SUNDAY NORTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 KNOTS BECOMING NORTH 20 TO 25 KNOTS. SEAS 4 TO 6 FEET. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. $$
