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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1024 PM EDT MON AUG 6 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 SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE FAR EASTERN GULF NEAR
THE FLORIDA COAST WILL SHIFT W TO THE CENTRAL GULF BY TUE NIGHT
BEFORE DISSIPATING. TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO IN THE WESTERN
CARIBBEAN SEA IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY INTO A HURRICANE BEFORE
MOVING INLAND THE YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY TUE EVENING...AND TO
NEAR 18.7N 87.8W BY LATE TUE NIGHT. ERNESTO IS THEN FORECAST TO
TRACK ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA WED TO NEAR 19.3N 91.1W BY
EARLY WED EVENING...THEN INTO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE TO NEAR 19.5N
94.8W BY EARLY THU EVENING...AND TO INLAND MEXICO LATER THU
NIGHT AND INTO FRI. SWELLS FROM ERNESTO SHOULD SPREAD OVER MUCH
OF THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE GULF WED AND INTO
EARLY FRI. 


GULF OF MEXICO N OF 26N W OF 87W

.OVERNIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.TUE...SW TO W WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 10 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT THROUGH SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

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

.OVERNIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT THROUGH SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

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

.OVERNIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT NE LESS THAN
10 KT WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF
VERACRUZ...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING N TO NW
LESS THAN 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT AND WED...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE
WINDS 25 TO 35 KT...EXCEPT N 10 TO 15 KT WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST
OF VERACRUZ. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE WINDS 25 TO
35 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 30 TO 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT...SEAS
7 FT...BUILDING TO 10 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST
OF VERACRUZ...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT...SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU AND THU NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. E TO SE
WINDS 50 TO 60 KT. SEAS 11 TO 16 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH SAT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 

GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W

.OVERNIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT THROUGH SAT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT.