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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1008 AM EST WED JAN 6 2016

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...STRONG E WINDS IN THE NE GULF WILL SHIFT W ACROSS
THE N CENTRAL WATERS TODAY THEN DIMINISH TONIGHT AS SE RETURN
FLOW SETS UP ACROSS THE ENTIRE GULF. A SURFACE TROUGH WILL MOVE
E ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF THU THROUGH FRI NIGHT...WITH A WEAK
SURFACE LOW TRACKING WITH THE TROUGH ALONG 28N. A COLD FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE NW GULF FRI NIGHT...REACH BILOXI
MISSISSIPPI TO TAMPICO MEXICO SAT MORNING AND FROM TAMPA BAY TO
THE NE YUCATAN BY SUN MORNING...PASSING SE OF THE AREA SUN
NIGHT. 

GULF OF MEXICO N OF 26N W OF 87W

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.THU...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN
10 KT IN THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING...THEN...SHIFTING
TO S LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...SHIFTING TO SE IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

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

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.THU...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
.THU NIGHT...W WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...SHIFTING TO SE IN THE
LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SAT...W WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

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

.TODAY...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.THU...WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...
SHIFTING TO NW IN THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...S WINDS 10 TO
15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.FRI...S WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KT LATE. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO W IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 3 FT IN THE MORNING...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W

.TODAY...NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT LATE.
SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...S WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT
LATE. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...SW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT IN THE MORNING...
SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KT LATE. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN
10 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.