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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
343 AM EST MON JAN 13 2014

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 IS DISSIPATING OVER THE FAR SE
GULF WHILE HIGH IS PRESENT ELSEWHERE. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
INTO THE NW GULF THIS MORNING...AND QUICKLY REACH FROM NEAR SE
LOUISIANA TO NE MEXICO BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...FROM
APALACHICOLA BAY TO INLAND THE NE YUCATAN PENINSULA BY EARLY
TUE...THEN WEAKEN AS IT EXITS TO JUST SE OF THE GULF BY EARLY
TUE NIGHT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF
TUE NIGHT...AND THROUGH THE EASTERN GULF WED. STRONG HIGH PRES
WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA  WAKE OF THE FRONT LATE WED AND
THU BRING FRESH TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS TO THE AREA. THE HIGH
WILL SLIDE EASTWARD WHILE WEAKENING THU AND FRI ALLOWING FOR
RETURN FLOW TO SET UP OVER THE FAR WESTERN GULF. YET ANOTHER
COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF ON FRI. 

GULF OF MEXICO N OF 26N W OF 87W

.TODAY...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU THROUGH FRI...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

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

.TODAY...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU THROUGH FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

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

.TODAY...S WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...N WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT LATE...SEAS 2 TO
3 FT...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FT LATE. ELSEWHERE...N WINDS
LESS THAN 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 KT LATE...SEAS 2 TO 3
FT.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU THROUGH FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED THROUGH FRI...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.