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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
956 AM EST WED DEC 24 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 PENSACOLA FLORIDA SW TO
25N89W TO INLAND MEXICO JUST S OF VERACRUZ. THE FRONT WILL
CONTINUE EASTWARD AND REACH FROM NEAR 29N83W TO 25N84W TO
21.5N87W BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...FROM NEAR 26N81W TO 22N85W BY
LATE TONIGHT...AND MOVING E OF THE GULF THU LATE. GALE FORCE
NORTHERLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT OVER PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN GULF
WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH BY THIS AFTERNOON...EXCEPT EARLY TONIGHT
IN THE SW GULF. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD WAKE OF THE FRONT. THE NEXT
COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW GULF BY SAT NIGHT...AND STALLL
THROUGH SUN.

GULF OF MEXICO N OF 26N W OF 87W

.TODAY...NW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 20 KT LATE.
SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO SE 10 TO 20 KT
LATE. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

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

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KT
LATE. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT BETWEEN 87W AND 94W...AND 10 TO 16 FT W OF
94W.
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT LATE.
SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.
.THU...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO SE 10 TO 20 KT
LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

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

...GALE WARNING...

.TODAY...NW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT BECOMING N 20 TO 30 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON...EXCEPT NW TO N 30 TO 40 KT W OF 94W. SEAS 8 TO 11
FT...BUILDING TO 11 TO 16 FT IN THE AFTERNOON...EXCEPT 8 TO 13 FT
W OF 94W BUILDING TI 12 TO 17 FT.
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE.
SEAS 8 TO 13 FT...SUBSIDING TO 7 TO 10 FT LATE.
.THU...WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...NW WINDS LESS THAN
10 KT EARLY...BECOMING VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT.
ELSEWHERE...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO NE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W

.TODAY...S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...BECOMING SW 10 TO 20 KT 
LATE. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.