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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
348 PM EST THU FEB 28 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...A STATIONARY FRONT FROM WESTERN CUBA TO NE YUCATAN
PENINSULA WILL DRIFT SE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT FROM
TAMPA FLORIDA SW TO 25N89W TO JUST S OF TAMPICO WILL REACH FROM
S FLORIDA TO YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE TONIGHT AND SE OF THE GULF
EARLY FRI. STRONG HIGH PRES BUILDS SE ACROSS THE AREA WAKE OF
THE FRONT THROUGH SAT WITH MODERATE TO STRONG NW TO N WINDS
THROUGHOUT. THE HIGH THEN SHIFTS TO THE EASTERN GULF SUN AND MON
WHERE IT WEAKENS ALLOWING FOR WINDS AND SEAS TO DECREASE OVER
MUCH OF THE AREA. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW SETS UP OVER THE FAR
WESTERN GULF LATE SUN INTO MON IN ADVANCE OF THE THE NEXT COLD
FRONT. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST MON
NIGHT INTO TUE...AND REACH FROM THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO
SW GULF BY LATE TUE.


GULF OF MEXICO N OF 26N W OF 87W

.TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS
6 TO 8 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH TUE...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

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

.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N 10 TO 15 KT
LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS
6 TO 8 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH TUE...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

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

.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT 
LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS
5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH TUE...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W

.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT 
LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO
7 FT. 
.SUN...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.MON THROUGH TUE...SW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.