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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
517 AM EDT THU AUG 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...TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO LOCATED OVER THE BAY OF
CAMPECHE NEAR 18.7N 93.6W MOVING W AT 14 KT...WITH WINDS 60 KT
GUSTS 75 KT. ERNESTO IS EXPECTED TO MOVE W-SW AND INTENSIFY INTO
A MINIMAL HURRICANE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BAY OF CAMPECHE THIS
AFTERNOON THEN RAPIDLY WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INLAND ACROSS OVER
SOUTHERN MEXICO TONIGHT AND FRI. SE SWELLS FROM ERNESTO WILL
CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY FADE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NW GULF
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE HIGH SEAS AND LARGE SWELL PERSIST
ACROSS THE SW GULF THROUGH THIS EVENING. A TROPICAL WAVE WILL
MOVE FROM THE NW CARIBBEAN INTO THE SE GULF ON SAT AND THEN
DRIFT SLOWLY NW THROUGH MON. 


GULF OF MEXICO N OF 26N W OF 87W

.TODAY...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH MON...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

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

.TODAY...E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

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

...HURRICANE WARNING...

.TODAY...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. NE TO E WINDS 50 TO 60 KT...
BECOMING E 35 TO 45 KT IN THE AFTERNOON...SEAS 16 TO 21 FT.
WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...N WINDS 50 TO 60 KT...
BECOMING NE 55 TO 65 KT IN THE AFTERNOON...SEAS 15 FT...BUILDING
TO 19 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. NE TO E WINDS
20 TO 30 KT...BECOMING E 15 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT...SEAS
14 FT...SUBSIDING TO 11 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST
OF VERACRUZ...NE TO E WINDS 35 TO 45 KT...DIMINISHING TO 25 TO
35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT...SEAS 19 FT...SUBSIDING TO 14 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI THROUGH MON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. E TO SE
WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH MON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.