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FZNT32 KNHC 121517
OFFN21

Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1117 AM EDT Thu Aug 12 2021

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...Tropical Depression Fred is near 20.9N 74.4W 1013 mb
at 11 AM EDT moving WNW at 12 kt. Maximum sustained winds 30 kt
gusts 40 kt. Fred is expected to move across the eastern Straits
of Florida as a tropical storm by Fri night, enter the far
southeast Gulf of Mexico on Sat, and move northward along the
far eastern Gulf into early next week. Meanwhile, moderate to
fresh E winds will pulse off the northwest Yucatan Peninsula
into the Bay of Campeche tonight and Fri night in association
with a trough that forms late in the day. Elsewhere, gentle to
moderate winds and slight seas will persist through the period. 

Gulf of Mexico N of 26N W of 87W

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.FRI...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to
3 ft after midnight. 
.SAT...E winds less than 10 kt, shifting to NE in the afternoon.
Seas 3 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.SUN...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 

Gulf of Mexico from 22N to 26N W of 87W

.THIS AFTERNOON...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.FRI...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.SAT...E winds less than 10 kt, shifting to NE in the afternoon.
Seas 3 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.SUN...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.MON...SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 

SW Gulf of Mexico S of 22N W of 87W

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE winds less than 10 kt within 60 nm of coast
of Veracruz, and E 10 to 15 kt elsewhere. Seas 3 ft. 
.TONIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt within 60 nm of coast of
Veracruz, and NE 10 to 20 kt elsewhere. Seas 2 ft or less,
building to 3 ft after midnight. 
.FRI...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, E winds less than
10 kt, shifting to N in the afternoon. Elsewhere, E winds 10 to
15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas
3 to 4 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds less than 10 kt within 60 nm of coast of
Veracruz, and NE 10 to 20 kt elsewhere. Seas 3 ft. 
.SAT...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, N winds less than
10 kt. Elsewhere, E winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to NE in the
afternoon. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE winds less than 10 kt within 60 nm of coast of
Veracruz, and NE 10 to 15 kt elsewhere. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.SUN...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.SUN NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.MON...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 

Gulf of Mexico E of 87W

.THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to
3 ft after midnight. 
.FRI...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. E winds 15 to
25 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.SAT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE winds 10 to
20 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SUN NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.