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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
527 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 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 RIDGE EXTENDING FROM THE NE GULF TO THE SW
GULF WILL SLOWLY LIFT N INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. A SURFACE TROUGH
CURRENTLY E OF FLORIDA ALONG 80W WILL DRIFT W ACROSS FLORIDA AND
THEN INTO THE E GULF LATE TONIGHT INTO SUN...THEN TOWARD THE
CENTRAL GULF THROUGH WED. TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO CURRENTLY IN
THE E CARIBBEAN IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY INTO A HURRICANE BEFORE
IT MOVES ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE TUE THROUGH WED.
ERNESTO EMERGES INTO THE GULF WED NIGHT AND THU AS A TROPICAL
STORM. ATLC HIGH PRES WILL BUILD WESTWARD ACROSS THE GULF BEHIND
THE TROUGH AND N OF ERNESTO. 


GULF OF MEXICO N OF 26N W OF 87W

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 10 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT...BECOMING SE TO S LESS THAN 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT IN THE EVENING...BECOMING 2 FT OR
LESS. 
.TUE THROUGH THU...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

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

.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. 
.TUE THROUGH WED...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED NIGHT AND THU...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. E WINDS
35 TO 45 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 

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

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF
VERACRUZ...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE TO E IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT THROUGH TUE...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT THROUGH THU...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NW
WINDS 45 TO 55 KT...SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF
VERACRUZ...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SEAS 2 FT. 

GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT THROUGH TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.WED THROUGH THU...SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.