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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1023 AM EST TUE DEC 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...A COLD FRONT FROM NE FLORIDA TO 25N92W TO INLAND
MEXICO JUST S OF TAMPICO WILL QUICKLY EXIT THE SE GULF EARLY
TONIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRES  WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL MOVE E
ACROSS THE GULF THROUGH TONIGHT...AND TO THE NW ATLC BY WED
LATE. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR RETURN FLOW TO SET UP ACROSS MUCH
OF THE AREA IN ADVANCE OF A MUCH STRONGER COLD FRONT CURRENTLY
WELL W OF THE AREA. THIS NEXT COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO REACH
THE TEXAS COAST EARLY THU MORNING...THEN RAPIDLY MOVE ACROSS THE
GULF TO A POSITION FROM NEAR PENSACOLA FLORIDA TO 25N92W TO
VERACRUZ BY EARLY THU LATE...FROM NEAR THE FLORIDA KEYS TO
NW YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY FRI MORNING...AND TO SE OF THE GULF
LATER DURING FRI MORNING. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE
AREA BEHIND THE FRONT BRINGING STRONG TO GALE FORCE N WINDS OVER
MUCH OF THE WESTERN GULF ALONG WITH LARGE SEAS. 


GULF OF MEXICO N OF 26N W OF 87W

...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED THU...

.THIS AFTERNOON...N TO NE 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...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...EXCEPT FROM 26N TO 28N W OF 
95W N 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT...EXCEPT FROM 26N TO 28N W OF 
95W 9 TO 12 FT.
.FRI THROUGH SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

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

...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED THU...

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE TO E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 
LATE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED AND WED NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU THROUGH FRI...N WINDS 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT...BUILDING
TO 9 TO 13 FT LATE.
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

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

...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED THU AND FRI...

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE TO E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING E 
LATE. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED AND WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU AND FRI...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO N TO NE
EXCEPT BEHIND FRONT NW TO N 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...
BUILDING TO 10 TO 14 FT BEHIND FRONT.
.SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.

GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W

.THIS AFTERNOON...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED AND WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH SAT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.