FZUS74 KBRO 041447 CCA
MWSBRO
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BROWNSVILLE TX
847 AM CST SAT FEB 4 2012
GMZ130-132-135-150-155-170-175-042230-
LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE PORT OF BROWNSVILLE TO THE ARROYO COLORADO-
LAGUNA MADRE FROM THE ARROYO COLORADO TO 5 NM NORTH OF PORT
MANSFIELD TX-
LAGUNA MADRE FROM 5 NM NORTH OF PORT MANSFIELD TO BAFFIN BAY TX-
COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO THE RIO GRANDE OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM PORT MANSFIELD TO THE RIO GRANDE EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM-
WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT MANSFIELD EXTENDING FROM 20 TO
60 NM-
847 AM CST SAT FEB 4 2012
...DETERIORATING MARINE WEATHER EXPECTED THIS EVENING...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE LOWER TEXAS
COASTAL WATERS BEGINNING ABOUT NOON TODAY...REACHING THE SOUTHERN
SIDE OF THE MARINE ZONES LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL BRING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND WILL USHER IN A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
UNSETTLED AND LESS THAN FAVORABLE MARINE WEATHER.
STRONG NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...
INCREASING TO AROUND 20 KNOTS THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND THEN TO
AROUND 25 KNOTS TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE TIGHT GRADIENT CAUSED BY
SURGING HIGH PRESSURE WILL PRODUCE GUSTINESS OVER THE WATERS...
WITH SOME GUSTS TO GALE FORCE OR HIGHER SUNDAY.
SEAS WILL BUILD LATE TODAY...WITH WAVE HEIGHTS OF 6 TO 10 FEET
OFFSHORE TONIGHT AND 8 TO 12 FEET LATER IN THE DAY SUNDAY. THE
HIGHER SEAS WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE
BOTH WINDS AND SEAS START TO RELAX.
HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORMS TODAY INCLUDE STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...CLOUD TO WATER LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND
ROUGHER SEAS.
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