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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
953 AM EDT TUE AUG 21 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 TROUGH EXTENDING FROM NEAR PANAMA CITY BEACH
FLORIDA SW TO 25N96W WILL SLOWLY MOVE E THROUGH FRI AND
DISSIPATE...WHILE A STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY JUST INLAND THE
NORTHERN GULF COAST BEGINS TO MOVE S AS A WEAK COLD FRONT
THROUGH WED NIGHT BEFORE IT BECOMES STATIONARY AGAIN. THIS FRONT
WILL THEN DISSIPATE OVER THE N CENTRAL WATERS THU AND FRI.
NEARLY STATIONARY WEAK LOW PRES OF 1010 MB ALONG THE NE MEXICAN
COAST AT 24N97W IS FORECAST TO BEGIN TO TRACK WESTWARD THIS
AFTERNOON...AND MOVE INLAND THE NE MEXICAN COAST EARLY ON WED.
THE NORTHERN PORTION OF A TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SW
GULF WED THROUGH THU. 


GULF OF MEXICO N OF 26N W OF 87W

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED AND WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU THROUGH SAT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

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

.THIS AFTERNOON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED AND WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU THROUGH SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

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

.THIS AFTERNOON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. WITHIN
60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ... VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT.
SEAS 2 FT.
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING SE AFTER
MIDNIGHT. WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...VARIABLE WINDS
LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING S LESS THAN 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED AND WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...EXCEPT SE TO S
LESS THAN 10 KT WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. 
.THU THROUGH SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W

.THIS AFTERNOON...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING SE TO S
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...SE TO S WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING E AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU THROUGH SAT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.