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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1026 AM EST SAT FEB 23 2013

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 FROM PENSACOLA FLORIDA SW TO A WEAK
1009 MB LOW  SW GULF NEAR 23N97W WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY MOVE
SE AS A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON REACHING FROM NEAR CEDAR KEY
FLORIDA TO 26N88W AND STATIONARY TO THE WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE
BY LATE TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL THEN LIFT BACK N AS WARM FRONT
ON SUN. A SECOND COLD FRONT MOVE OFF TEXAS COAST EARLY MON WITH
GALE FORCE WINDS EXPECTED W OF THE FRONT OVER PORTIONS OF THE
WESTERN GULF. THIS FRONT WILL REACH FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO
YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY TUE...AND MOVE SE OF AREA TUE NIGHT. YET
ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE NW AND N
CENTRAL WATERS WED FOLLOWED BY STRONG HIGH PRES IN ITS WAKE. 

GULF OF MEXICO N OF 26N W OF 87W

...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED MON...

.TODAY...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING S 
LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...W WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...EXCEPT W OF 94W BECOMING NW 25 TO 35
KT IN THE AFTERNOON DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 30 KT IN THE EVENING. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND 8 TO
10 FT DURING THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY...SUBSIDING
TO 5 TO 6 FT LATE MON NIGHT.
.TUE THROUGH WED...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

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

...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED MON INTO MON NIGHT...

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT.SHIFTING TO S 10 TO 15 KT
LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...SW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT EARLY...EXCEPT W OF 94W BECOMING NW
TO N 30 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT...EXCEPT W OF 94W BUILDING TO
8 TO 10 FT.
.TUE THROUGH WED...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

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

.TODAY...WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...VARIABLE WINDS LESS
THAN 10 KT...BECOMING NW 10 TO 15 KT LATE.
ELSEWHERE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S LATE.
SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...N WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT LATE.
ELSEWHERE...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT EARLY...BECOMING NW TO N 25 TO 30
KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT MON NIGHT.
.TUE THROUGH WED...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W

.TODAY...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN AND SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE THROUGH WED...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.