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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
950 AM EST WED DEC 12 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...STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM JUST N OF TAMPA BAY TO
THE SW GULF NEAR 19N96W. THE FRONT WILL REACH FROM SW FLORIDA TO
NE YUCATAN PENINSULA THU MORNING THEN BECOME DIFFUSE ACROSS THE
STRAITS OF FLORIDA THU NIGHT. SLY RETURN FLOW WILL INCREASE
ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF LATE FRI THROUGH SUN AHEAD OF THE NEXT
COLD FRONT FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE GULF WATERS ON MON. 


GULF OF MEXICO N OF 26N W OF 87W

.TODAY...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE 10 TO 15 KT
LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU AND THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH SUN...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

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

.TODAY...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING NE 10 TO 15 KT
LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU AND THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH SUN...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

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

.TODAY...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT
LATE. WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 25
KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU AND THU NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH SUN...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W

.TODAY...SE TO S WINDS 10 KT...BECOMING W LATE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU AND THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH SUN...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.