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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
500 AM EDT THU OCT 18 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 W ATLC SW TO THE
CENTRAL GULF WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT E TODAY AS A COLD FRONT
MOVES OFF THE TEXAS COAST AND INTO THE GULF WATERS THIS MORNING.
THIS FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE GULF...AND REACH FROM
NEAR TAMPA FLORIDA TO CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS BY FRI LATE THEN
DISSIPATE FROM THE UPPER FLORIDA KEYS W TO THE CENTRAL GULF NEAR
24N92W BY SAT LATE. WEAK HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA
SAT AND SUN WITH INCREASING RETURN FLOW MON. 


GULF OF MEXICO N OF 26N W OF 87W

.TODAY...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH MON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

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

.TODAY...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN
10 KT LATE. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH MON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

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

.TODAY...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING E 
MIDNIGHT. WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...E TO SE WINDS LESS
THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...EXCEPT NE TO E
LESS THAN 10 KT WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH MON...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W

.TODAY...N TO NE WINDS 10 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 
LATE. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TONIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH MON...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.