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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
926 AM EDT WED OCT 17 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...WEAK HIGH PRES EXTENDING FROM THE SE UNITED STATES
SW TO THE CENTRAL GULF WILL SHIFT NE THROUGH TONIGHT ALLOWING
FOR MODERATE RETURN FLOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS WESTERN GULF WATERS.
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST LATE TONIGHT...MOVE
QUICKLY ACROSS THE GULF...AND REACH FROM NEAR TAMPA FLORIDA TO
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS BY FRI MORNING. THE FRONT WILL DISSIPATE FROM
NEAR FORT MYERS FLORIDA TO SE TEXAS SAT. WEAK HIGH PRES WILL
BUILD ACROSS THE AREA SAT AND SUN. 


GULF OF MEXICO N OF 26N W OF 87W

.THIS AFTERNOON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...SW WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH SUN...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

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

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE TO S WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING S TO
SW LATE. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...SE TO S WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

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

.THIS AFTERNOON...S WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...EXCEPT SE TO S 10 TO
15 KT WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ. SEAS 2 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING E TO SE
LATE. WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...SE WINDS
10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU AND THU NIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE TO E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.THU AND THU NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.