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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
436 PM EST SAT MAR 9 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...SE RETURN FLOW OVER THE W GULF WILL INCREASE AND
SPREAD EASTWARD TONIGHT AND SUN AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT EXPECTED
TO ENTER THE NW GULF WATERS SUN NIGHT. THE COLD FRONT WILL REACH
FROM CENTRAL LOUISIANA TO THE BAY OF EARLY MON...FROM THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY TUE...AND SE OF
THE AREA TUE NIGHT. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT ARE EXPECTED TO REACH
GALE FORCE OVER THE WESTERN GULF S OF 26N THEN DIMINISH BELOW
GALE FORCE MON NIGHT. FRESH TO STRONG NE FLOW WILL PERSIST OVER
THE SOUTHEAST GULF THROUGH WED AS HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER THE
NORTHERN GULF WATERS. 

GULF OF MEXICO N OF 26N W OF 87W

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT 
LATE. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 8 FT. 
.MON AND MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.TUE THROUGH THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

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

...GALE CONDTIONS EXPECTED...

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT
LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT 
LATE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.MON AND MON NIGHT...WIHTIN 60 NM OF COAST OF MEXICO NW TO N WINDS
30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. ELSEWHERE N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS
6 TO 9 FT.
.TUE THROUGH THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 

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

...GALE CONDTIONS EXPECTED...

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.SHIFTING TO SE 10 TO 20 KT
LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT 
LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...VARIABLE WINDS
LESS THAN 10 KT. WINDS E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT LATE.
ELSEWHERE...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.MON...WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...NW WINDS 15 TO
25 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT LATE. ELSEWHERE...
SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.SHIFTING TO W LATE. SEAS
4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT
LATE. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.TUE THROUGH THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT 
LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. 
.TUE THROUGH THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.