000 FZNT32 KNHC 161917 OFFN21 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 217 PM EST Thu Nov 16 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...An occluded front extends from 1006 mb low pres near 25.5N88W to 24N84W then cold front to the western tip of Cuba. The low will drift southward while weakening through Fri. Fresh winds across the NE Gulf will diminish tonight. High pressure will build across the area this weekend, with moderate or weaker winds and seas of 5 ft or less through the weekend. Southerly return flow will increase over the western Gulf ahead of the next cold front which will move off the Texas coast early next week. Gulf of Mexico N of 26N W of 87W .TONIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .FRI...NE winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...N winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE...W winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. Gulf of Mexico from 22N to 26N W of 87W .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .FRI...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .SAT...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN...SE winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming NW 20 to 30 kt in the afternoon. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. SW Gulf of Mexico S of 22N W of 87W .TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to NW after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .FRI...Variable winds less than 10 kt within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and NW 10 to 15 kt elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, Variable winds less than 10 kt. Elsewhere, NW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming N less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Elsewhere, NW winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds less than 10 kt in the evening, becoming variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming S less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft in the evening, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .TUE...SE winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming NW 20 to 30 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft, building to 6 to 8 ft in the afternoon. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft. Gulf of Mexico E of 87W .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .FRI...NE winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN...N winds 10 kt in the morning, becoming variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming SE less than 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 ft. .MON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.