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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
529 AM EDT TUE AUG 7 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...TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO IN THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA
IS FORECAST TO MOVE W-NW AND INTENSIFY TO HURRICANE FORCE THIS
AFTERNOON BEFORE MOVING INLAND ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA NEAR
18.8N 88.0W AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ERNESTO IS THEN FORECAST TO
TRACK W ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA WED AND WEAKEN AND EMERGE
ACROSS THE FAR E BAY OF CAMPECHE NEAR 19.4N 91.0W LATE WED
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE MOVING W ACROSS THE BAY OF CAMPECHE WED
NIGHT THROUGH THU NIGHT AND THEN INLAND ACROSS MEXICO LATE THU
NIGHT. SWELLS FROM ERNESTO SHOULD SPREAD OVER MUCH OF THE
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE GULF WED THROUGH EARLY FRI.


GULF OF MEXICO N OF 26N W OF 87W

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 2 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED THROUGH FRI NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. 
.SAT...SE TO S WINDS 10 KT...BECOMING NE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. 

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

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE 10 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 FT...BUILDING TO 7 FT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.WED THROUGH SAT...E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 

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

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.TODAY...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...N WINDS LESS
THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE 15 TO 25 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...N TO NE
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING N AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. N TO NE WINDS 15 TO
25 KT...INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. WITHIN 60 NM
OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING
10 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...EXCEPT 2 TO 3 FT
WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ. 
.WED NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE WINDS 35 TO
45 KT...BECOMING NE TO E 40 TO 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT...SEAS
10 FT...BUILDING TO 14 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST
OF VERACRUZ...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU AND THU NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. E WINDS
45 TO 55 KT. SEAS 15 TO 20 FT. 
.FRI...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.FRI NIGHT AND SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT N TO NW 20 TO
30 KT WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W

.TODAY...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.WED THROUGH SAT...SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.