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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1044 AM EDT WED MAR 20 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...REINFORCING COLD AIR WILL MERGE WITH A FRONT FROM
CENTRAL FLORIDA TO NE MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND PUSH THE FRONT
SOUTHWARD OVERNIGHT...EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN FLORIDA TO VERACRUZ
MEXICO THU MORNING...THEN BECOME DIFFUSE OVER THE SE GULF BY THU
EVENING. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD SE ACROSS THE REGION THU AND FRI
WITH SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW GRADUALLY INCREASING THROUGH SAT. THE
NEXT COLD FRONT WILL IMPACT THE GULF WATERS LATE SAT AND SUN.

GULF OF MEXICO N OF 26N W OF 87W

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
.THU NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.FRI THROUGH SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

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

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU AND THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

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

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU AND THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH SUN...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.