000 FZNT32 KNHC 291436 OFFN21 MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 936 AM EST SUN DEC 29 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 COLD FRONT FROM APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO 25N88W AND SW TO THE EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE REACH FROM NEAR FORT MYERS SW TO THE FAR NW YUCATAN PENINSULA THIS LATE...THEN STALL FROM FLORIDA KEYS TO 22N E OF 90W ON MON. A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST TONIGHT AND QUICKLY MOVE SE...MERGING WITH THE STALLED FRONT FROM SW FLORIDA TO W BAY OF CAMPECHE ON TUE. LOW PRES WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF ALONG THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE FRONT EARLY ON MON AS HIGH PRES SURGES SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF. THE RESULTANT TIGHT PRES GRADIENT WILL BRING GALE FORCE WINDS TO PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN GULF MON NIGHT AND TUE. BY LATE TUE...THE STALLED FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO ALONG 22N WESTWARD TO 94W WHERE IT WILL TRANSITION TO A COLD FRONT EXTENDING S INTO THE SW GULF. HIGH PRES N OF THE FRONT WILL BUILD ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF BY THEN WITH A TIGHT PRES GRADIENT CONFINED FROM THE FRONT N TO 27N. THE FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD WED AND THU WHILE DISSIPATING IN RESPONSE TO WEAK LOW PRES THAT AGAIN FORMS WESTERN GULF...AND AS YET ANOTHER COLD FRONT ENTERS THE WESTERN GULF EARLY ON THU. THIS FRONT WILL ALSO QUICKLY MOVE E REACHING FROM SW FLORIDA TO NORTHERN THE NORTHERN YUCATAN PENINSULA BY LATE THU. STRONG HIGH PRES WILL BUILD SE ACROSS THE GULF IN ITS WAKE. GULF OF MEXICO N OF 26N W OF 87W .TODAY...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .MON AND MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. GULF OF MEXICO FROM 22N TO 26N W OF 87W ...GALE WARNING S OF 24N W OF 95W MON NIGHT... .TODAY...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .MON AND MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...EXCEPT N TO NE 25 TO 35 KT S OF 24N W OF 95W MON NIGHT. W OF 94W...SEAS 5 TO 7 FT BUILDING TO 8 TO 11 FT EXCEPT 9 TO 12 FT S OF 24N. E OF 94W N OF 24N...SEAS 3 TO 5 FT BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT BETWEEN 87W AND 90W... AND 8 TO 10 FT BETWEEN 90W AND 94W. E OF 94W S OF 24N...SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT MON NIGHT...EXCEPT 6 TO 8 FT BETWEEN 91W AND 94W. .TUE THROUGH THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SW GULF OF MEXICO S OF 22N W OF 87W ...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE S OF 21N W OF 94W TUE... .TODAY...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. ELSEWHERE...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING E LATE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .MON...WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...BECOMING NW 10 TO 15 KT LATE. ELSEWHERE...S WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...AND N 10 TO 15 KT ELSEWHERE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...AND 2 TO 4 FT ELSEWHERE. .TUE THROUGH THU...S OF 21N W OF 94W TUE...NW WINDS 30 TO 40 KT BECOMING NW TO N 15 TO 20 KT WED AND 10 TO 15 KT THU. SEAS 10 TO 14 FT...SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 9 FT WED AND TO 3 TO 4 FT THU. GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W .TODAY...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE LATE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .MON AND MON NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .TUE THROUGH THU...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.