042 FZNT32 KNHC 201520 OFFN21 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1120 AM EDT Sat Aug 20 2022 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...Potential Tropical Cyclone Four is near 23.6N 96.4W 1010 mb at 10 AM CDT, moving NW at 11 kt. Maximum sustained winds are 30 kt with gusts to 40 kt. Four is forecast to become a minimal tropical storm by this evening near 25N 97.5W before making landfall in northeastern Mexico. Four will weaken to a tropical depression inland near 27N99W by early Sun. Seas are forecast to peak near 11 ft with the strongest winds. Heavy squalls associated with this system will continue over the far western Gulf through late tonight or early Sun. Winds and seas will subside early Sun. Weak ridging will prevail over the Gulf early next week, leading to gentle to moderate winds. Gulf of Mexico N of 26N W of 87W ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .THIS AFTERNOON...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft in the afternoon. .TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SE winds 10 to 20 kt, except 25 to 30 kt within 60 nm of the lower Texas coast. Seas 3 to 4 ft, except 5 to 7 ft within 60 nm of the lower Texas coast. .SUN...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...SE winds less than 10 kt, shifting to E after midnight. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...SE winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Gulf of Mexico from 22N to 26N W of 87W ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .THIS AFTERNOON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft, except 6 to 10 ft W of 95W. .TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. E winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft, except 6 to 10 ft W of 96W. .SUN...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. SW Gulf of Mexico S of 22N W of 87W .THIS AFTERNOON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, SE winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Elsewhere, E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, SE winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Elsewhere, E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight. .TUE...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, SE winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Elsewhere, E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED...E winds less than 10 kt within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and E 10 to 20 kt elsewhere. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. Gulf of Mexico E of 87W .THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight. .MON...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...E winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.