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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
400 AM EST THU FEB 6 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 EXTENDS FROM NEAR SARASOTA TO 23N93W
WHERE IT BECOMES STATIONARY THEN CONTINUES ACROSS THE CENTRAL
BAY OF CAMPECHE TO NEAR 18N94W. THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO STALL
FROM SOUTH FLORIDA TO THE WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE TODAY AND
FRI...THEN IT WILL MOVE SLOWLY SE REACHING THE SE GULF WATERS
OVER THE WEEKEND. IT WILL FINALLY WEAKEN AND BECOME DIFFUSE OVER
THE FAR SE WATERS BY SUN. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW IS FORECAST TO
SET UP ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF BY THE END OF THE FORECAST
PERIOD. 

GULF OF MEXICO N OF 26N W OF 87W

.TODAY...NE WINDS 20 KT...BECOMING 15 TO 25 KT LATE. SEAS 6 TO 8
FT.
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT
LATE. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

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

.TODAY...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.SAT THROUGH SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

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

.TODAY...WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...NW WINDS 10 TO
20 KT. ELSEWHERE...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SHIFTING TO NW IN
LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...NW WINDS 15 TO
25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT LATE. ELSEWHERE...N WINDS 10
TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
.FRI...WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT.
ELSEWHERE...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SHIFTING TO SE LATE. SEAS 4
TO 6 FT.
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT LATE...BECOMING VARIABLE
WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.SAT THROUGH SUN...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W

.TODAY...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 3
TO 5 FT.
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.