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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1031 PM EDT WED MAY 9 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 WEAK COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE EASTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE TO 28N88W AND TO 27N93W. A SURFACE TROUGH IS ALONG 96W
S OF 25N. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE TO A POSITION FROM N CENTRAL
FLORIDA TO 24N85W BY LATE TONIGHT BEFORE MOVING E OF THE GULF
THU MORNING. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO THE FAR
WESTERN PORTION FRI...AND INTERACT WITH THE TROUGH. THIS IS
EXPECTED TO LEAD TO THE FORMATION OF WEAK LOW PRES ALONG THE NE
TEXAS COAST FRI NIGHT INTO SAT. THE LOW WILL THEN TRACK NE TO
THE S CENTRAL LOUISIANA COAST BY LATE SUN EVENING THEN WEAKEN TO
A TROUGH AS IT REACHES THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE MON. 


GULF OF MEXICO N OF 26N W OF 87W

.OVERNIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU NIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH MON...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

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

.OVERNIGHT...NE TO E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...E TO SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU NIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH MON...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

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

.OVERNIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF
VERACRUZ...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN
10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...VARIABLE
WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING NE TO E LESS THAN 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU NIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH MON...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W

.OVERNIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU NIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH MON...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.