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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1120 PM 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 INLAND NEAR 18.1N 95.2W AT
09/2100 UTC MOVING W AT 9 KT WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT
GUSTS TO 55 KT. ERNESTO WILL DISSIPATE TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION
AS IT CONTINUES INLAND TO 18.0N 96.5W LATE TONIGHT...DISSIPATING
AFTER MOVING INTO THE E PACIFIC WATERS SAT AFTERNOON. SE SWELLS
GENERATED BY ERNESTO WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE ACROSS THE CENTRAL
AND NW GULF THROUGH TONIGHT...WHILE HIGH SEAS WITH LARGE SWELLS
PERSISTING ACROSS THE SW GULF THROUGH FRI. A TROPICAL WAVE WILL
MOVE FROM NW CARIBBEAN INTO THE SE GULF LATE SAT MOVING THROUGH
THE CENTRAL TO W GULF THROUGH MON. 


GULF OF MEXICO N OF 26N W OF 87W

.OVERNIGHT...SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 10 KT IN THE MORNING...BECOMING VARIABLE
WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH TUE...SE TO S WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

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

.OVERNIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN
10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

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

.OVERNIGHT...E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...E WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...BECOMING E TO SE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT N TO
NE LESS THAN 10 KT WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W

.OVERNIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH TUE...E TO SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT.