000 FZNT32 KNHC 230904 OFFN21 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 504 AM EDT Fri Sep 23 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...Newly-formed Tropical Depression Nine, located early this morning in the SE Caribbean Sea, is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane as it moves NW toward the NW Caribbean into the weekend. By the start of next weeks, impacts from this system may begin to affect portions of the SE Gulf of Mexico, in the form of increasing wind and seas. Otherwise, a relatively weak pressure gradient across the Gulf waters will support mainly gentle to locally moderate winds and slight seas through the weekend. Gulf of Mexico N of 26N W of 87W .TODAY...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON...NE winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. Gulf of Mexico from 22N to 26N W of 87W .TODAY...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON...NE winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 to 4 ft after midnight. .TUE...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SW Gulf of Mexico S of 22N W of 87W .TODAY...NW winds 10 to 15 kt within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and E less than 10 kt elsewhere. Seas 2 ft or less. .TONIGHT...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, N winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt after midnight. Elsewhere, NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, Variable winds less than 10 kt. Elsewhere, E winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 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...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming N less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Elsewhere, E winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to NE in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...N winds less than 10 kt within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and NE 10 to 15 kt elsewhere. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, NW winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Elsewhere, NE winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to N in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...NW winds 15 to 25 kt within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and N 10 to 20 kt elsewhere. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 to 4 ft in the afternoon. Gulf of Mexico E of 87W .TODAY...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TONIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft in the evening, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .MON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .TUE...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.