000 FZNT32 KNHC 180846 OFFN21 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 446 AM EDT Sat Mar 18 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 strong cold front extends from the Florida Big Bend area to near Veracruz, Mexico. Behind this front, fresh to strong northerly winds are seen from the western Bay of Campeche northward to the Texas coast, and at the north-central Gulf; while near-gale to gale northerly winds will linger offshore from Veracruz until sunrise this morning, rough seas are present in all areas. The front will reach from near Fort Myers, Florida to the eastern Bay of Campeche late this afternoon, spreading strong to near-gale northerly winds to the north-central and central Gulf. Frequent gusts to gale force are expected at the central Gulf by this evening, which will expand into the central and eastern Bay of Campeche on Sun. In addition, winds offshore from Veracruz will reach gale force again by Sun morning. This front should reach from the Florida Straits to Yucatan Peninsula Sun afternoon, bringing fresh to strong northerly winds to the western portions of the east-central and southeastern Gulf. Looking ahead, winds and seas will gradually diminish across the Gulf during the early to middle parts of next week as the front stalls and dissipates over the far northwest Caribbean. Gulf of Mexico N of 26N W of 87W .TODAY...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .TONIGHT...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .SUN...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .MON...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Gulf of Mexico from 22N to 26N W of 87W ...GALE WARNING THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... .TODAY...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TONIGHT...NE winds 20 to 30 kt with frequent gusts to 40 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .SUN...NE winds 15 to 25 kt with frequent gusts to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Frequent gusts to 35 kt until midnight. Seas 9 to 13 ft. .MON...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. SW Gulf of Mexico S of 22N W of 87W ...GALE WARNING EARLY THIS MORNING... ...GALE WARNING SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING... .TODAY...NW winds 25 to 35 kt then 20 to 30 kt by sunrise within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and NW 10 to 20 kt elsewhere. Seas 7 to 10 ft within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and 5 to 7 ft elsewhere. .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and 6 to 9 ft elsewhere. .SUN...N winds 25 to 35 kt within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz. N winds 20 to 30 kt with frequent gusts to 40 kt elsewhere. Seas 9 to 14 ft within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and 8 to 11 ft elsewhere. .SUN NIGHT...NW winds 25 to 35 kt within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and NE 20 to 25 kt with frequent gusts to 35 kt elsewhere. Dimishing to between 15 and 20 kt everywhere by midnight. Seas 9 to 14 ft. .MON...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TUE...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Gulf of Mexico E of 87W .TODAY...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .MON...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.