000 FZNT32 KNHC 032026 OFFN21 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 326 PM EST Fri Mar 3 2023 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 Pascagoula, MS to a 1003 mb low pressure in the western Bay of Campeche near 20N95W to the coast of Mexico near 18.5N95W. Strong to near gale force S winds will continue over the eastern Gulf, including the Yucatan Channel, through early this evening. Fresh NW winds are behind the front over the NW Gulf. NW gales will continue offshore of Veracruz, Mexico through late this afternoon. The front will reach from Apalachicola, FL to the central Bay of Campeche late this evening, before stalling on Sat. Gale force gusts across the Gulf of Mexico will end by late this evening. Winds and seas will subside by Sat afternoon. Benign winds and seas will then continue into early next week. Gulf of Mexico N of 26N W of 87W .TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to N after midnight. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .SAT...N winds less than 10 kt, shifting to NE in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...S winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...S winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Gulf of Mexico from 22N to 26N W of 87W .TONIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SAT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...SE 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 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. SW Gulf of Mexico S of 22N W of 87W ...GALE WARNING... .REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, NW winds 30 to 40 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. .TONIGHT...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, N winds 15 to 25 kt, shifting to NW 10 to 15 kt after midnight,Seas 6 to 9 ft, subsiding to 4 to 6 ft after midnight. Elsewhere, N winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming NE less than 10 kt after midnight,Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT...NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, N winds less than 10 kt. Elsewhere, E winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to E in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Gulf of Mexico E of 87W ...GALE WARNING... .REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...S to SW winds 20 to 30 kt with frequent gusts to gale force. Seas 9 to 13 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SAT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds less than 10 kt, shifting to E after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED NIGHT...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.