000 FZNT32 KNHC 161624 OFFN21 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1224 PM EDT Mon Aug 16 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 Storm Fred near 29.2N 85.7W 993 mb at 11 AM EDT moving N at 9 kt. Maximum sustained winds 50 kt gusts 60 kt. Fred will move inland to 30.5N 85.5W this evening, move inland and weaken to a tropical depression near 32.6N 85.0W Tue morning. Tropical Depression Grace over the Caribbean Sea is forecast to strengthen to a tropical storm and move into the SE Gulf Wed night, then track in a westward direction toward Mexico through Fri night. Gulf of Mexico N of 26N W of 87W .THIS AFTERNOON...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TONIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming SE less than 10 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE...S winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S winds less than 10 kt, shifting to SE after midnight. Seas 3 ft. .WED...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight. .THU...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI...SE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Gulf of Mexico from 22N to 26N W of 87W .THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...SE winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .THU...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .THU NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .FRI...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SW Gulf of Mexico S of 22N W of 87W .THIS AFTERNOON...W winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TONIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds less than 10 kt within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and E 10 to 15 kt elsewhere. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .THU...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .THU NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .FRI...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. Gulf of Mexico E of 87W ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .THIS AFTERNOON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 ft in the evening, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .WED...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft in the afternoon. .WED NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .THU...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .THU NIGHT...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.