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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
926 AM EST WED FEB 3 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...A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM PENSACOLA FLORIDA SW TO
26N93W TO A 1008 MB LOW NEAR 21N95W. THE FRONT WILL BE
REINFORCED THIS AFTERNOON BY A STRONGER COLD FRONT. IT WILL
STRETCH FROM APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO THE CENTRAL BAY OF CAMPECHE
TONIGHT AND FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE NE YUCATAN PENINSULA THU
NIGHT BEFORE MOVING SE OF THE AREA EARLY FRI. GALE FORCE WINDS
ARE EXPECTED W OF THE FRONT IN THE SW GULF ON THU AND EARLY THU
EVENING. TROUGHING WILL INCREASE OVER THE EASTERN GULF SAT AS
LOW PRES DEVELOPS E OF FLORIDA. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD OVER THE NW
GULF SUN. 

GULF OF MEXICO N OF 26N W OF 87W

.TODAY...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.THU...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

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

.TODAY...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.THU...N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...N WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

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

...GALE WARNING THU NIGHT...

.TODAY...WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...NW WINDS 15 TO
25 KT. ELSEWHERE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO W 10 TO
20 KT LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...
AND 3 TO 4 FT ELSEWHERE. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT WITHIN 60 NM OF
COAST OF VERACRUZ...AND 4 TO 6 FT ELSEWHERE. 
.THU...N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT WITHIN 60 NM OF
COAST OF VERACRUZ...AND 6 TO 9 FT ELSEWHERE. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...EXCEPT NW TO N WINDS 25 TO 35
KT S OF 20N W OF 95W EARLY. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT.
.FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...S WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...SHIFTING TO NW LATE. SEAS 5 TO
7 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.