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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
505 AM EDT SAT APR 21 2012

MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO.

SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE
HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY BE
MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT.

SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO

.SYNOPSIS...A COLD FRONT PRECEDED BY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM A 1007 MB LOW OVER SW LOUISIANA SW TO
24N97W. THE FRONT WILL RACE TO A POSITION FROM THE MISSISSIPPI
DELTA TO THE WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE EARLY THIS MORNING. THE
FRONT WILL REACH FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO YUCATAN PENINSULA
BY EARLY SUN WITH LOW PRES DEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT. THE LOW
WILL REACH TO NEAR 28N86W 1004 MB BY EARLY TONIGHT WITH COLD
FRONT SW TO THE NW YUCATAN PENINSULA...THEN QUICKLY MOVE E
ACROSS N CENTRAL FLORIDA SUN PUSHING THE FRONT SE TO THE STRAITS
OF FLORIDA LATE SUN. A REINFORCING SURGE OF NORTH FLOW WILL PUSH
INTO THE NORTHERN GULF MON THEN DIMINISH TUE AS HIGH PRES BUILDS
OVER THE N CENTRAL GULF...ALLOWING SE RETURN FLOW WILL INCREASE
OVER THE NW GULF WED. 


GULF OF MEXICO N OF 26N W OF 87W

.TODAY...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE THROUGH WED...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

GULF OF MEXICO FROM 22N TO 26N W OF 87W

.TODAY...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.MON...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE THROUGH WED...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

SW GULF OF MEXICO S OF 22N W OF 87W

.TODAY...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT
3 TO 5 FT WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ. 
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...
EXCEPT 3 TO 5 FT WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ. 
.MON THROUGH TUE...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W

.TODAY...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING W TO NW 15 TO 25 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.
.MON...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.TUE THROUGH WED...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.