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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
342 AM EST MON JAN 20 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 COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM TAMPA BAY TO THE CENTRAL
GULF WATERS WILL MOVE SLOWLY SE THROUGH THE FLORIDA STRAITS LATE
TUE. A SECOND STRONGER AND FASTER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE
NORTHERN GULF WATERS LATE MON NIGHT AND MOVE SE OF THE AREA LATE
TUE NIGHT. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL FOLLOW THIS FRONT ON TUE.
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW SETS UP ACROSS THE NW WATERS ON TUE NIGHT
AND SPREADS E ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF BY EARLY THU IN ADVANCE OF
THE NEXT COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE NW WATERS LATE THU. THIS
FRONT WILL REACH THE SE WATERS LATE FRI. GALE FORCE WINDS MAY
DEVELOP OVER THE NW WATERS THU NIGHT INTO EARLY FRI AND ACROSS
THE W CENTRAL WATERS FRI LATE. 

GULF OF MEXICO N OF 26N W OF 87W

.TODAY...SW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.WED THROUGH THU...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT BECOMING NE 25 TO 35 KT
BEHIND FRONT THU NIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.FRI...NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.

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

...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE...

.TODAY...S WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...NW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 KT
LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT
LATE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.WED THROUGH THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT BECOMING NW TO N 25 TO 35 KT BEHIND
FRONT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.

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

.TODAY...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.TONIGHT...WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...SE WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT LATE.
ELSEWHERE...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 

GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W

.TODAY...SW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TONIGHT...W WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. 
.TUE...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT 
LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.WED THROUGH FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.