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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1012 PM 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...COLD FRONT FROM NEAR TAMPA BAY TO TAMPICO MEXICO
WILL MOVE SE OVERNIGHT...AND EXTEND FROM FLORIDA KEYS TO TUXPAN
MEXICO THU MORNING...THEN BECOME DIFFUSE OVER NW CUBA AND THE
YUCATAN CHANNEL BY THU LATE. ENERGETIC UPPER LEVEL TROUGH
SWEEPING E ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF THIS LATE WILL IGNITE
SCATTERED TSTMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF FRONT ACROSS E AND SE GULF.
HIGH PRES WILL BUILD SE ACROSS THE REGION THU NIGHT 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

.OVERNIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT 
LATE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.THU NIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH MON...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 

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

.OVERNIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.THU NIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO
7 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH MON...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

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

.OVERNIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E LATE. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH MON...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W

.OVERNIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU NIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH MON...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.