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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
959 AM EST MON FEB 3 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 30N88W TO 26N92W TO 18N95W
WILL STALL AS IT REACHES FROM 30N86W TO 26N89W TO 18N94W TUE
MORNING. MINIMAL GALE FORCE WINDS IN THE W CENTRAL AND SW GULF
BEHIND THE FRONT WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT WILL MOVE
NW AS A WARM FRONT TONIGHT INTO EARLY TUE WITH SOUTHERLY RETURN
FLOW ACROSS THE GULF IN ITS WAKE. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
INTO THE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS TUE NIGHT REACHING FROM SW FLORIDA
TO TAMPICO MEXICO LATE WED WHERE IT WILL STALL THROUGH THE END OF
THE WEEK.

GULF OF MEXICO N OF 26N W OF 87W

.TODAY...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO NE 10 TO 15 KT
LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.WED THROUGH FRI...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

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

...GALE WARNING W OF 94W...

.TODAY...S OF 25N W OF FRONT...NW TO N WINDS 25 TO 35
KT...DIMINISHING TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT...SUBSIDING
TO 6 TO 8 FT LATE. ELSEWHERE W OF 94W...N WINDS 20 TO 25
KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. E OF
94W...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS
5 TO 7 FT.
.TONIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...SHIFTING TO SE LATE.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.WED THROUGH THU...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

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

...GALE WARNING W OF 94W...

.TODAY...W OF 94W AND W OF FRONT...NW TO N WINDS 25 TO 35 KT...
DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 30 KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. W OF 94W AND E
OF FRONT...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. WITHIN 60 NM
OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO
25 KT LATE. ELSEWHERE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS
THAN 10 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.TONIGHT...WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...N WINDS 10 TO 15
KT EARLY...BECOMING VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. ELSEWHERE...
E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED THROUGH FRI...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT
LATE. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED THROUGH FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.