000 FZNT32 KNHC 171348 OFFN21 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 848 AM EST Sat Feb 17 2024 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 has moved off the Texas coast this morning. As the front moves SE, gales will develop this afternoon offshore Tampico, Mexico, and continue forming SE over much of the SW Gulf of Mexico, including offshore Veracruz, Mexico, tonight. Winds will be enhanced by low pressure that is forming along the front offshore Louisiana, that is expected to track east into Sun. The cold front will stretch from near Naples, Florida to the Yucatan Peninsula Sun morning, and gales will begin to subside. Rough to very rough seas will spread across most of the Gulf through Sun. Conditions will begin to improve by Mon as high pressure settles in across the region. Fresh southerly return flow is expected for the western Gulf Wed and Wed night as the high shifts eastward. Gulf of Mexico N of 26N W of 87W .TODAY...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft, building to 5 to 7 ft in the afternoon. .TONIGHT...NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .SUN...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to NE after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt, shifting to SW after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...W winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .TUE NIGHT...S winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Gulf of Mexico from 22N to 26N W of 87W ...GALE WARNING... .TODAY...NE winds less than 10 kt, becoming N 25 to 35 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 4 to 6 ft in the afternoon. .TONIGHT...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .SUN...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft, building to 8 to 13 ft in the afternoon. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .MON...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...SE winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft in the afternoon. .WED NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. SW Gulf of Mexico S of 22N W of 87W ...GALE WARNING... .TODAY...E winds less than 10 kt, shifting to W in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .TONIGHT...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, NW winds 30 to 35 kt, seas 6 to 9 ft, building to 8 to 13 ft after midnight. Elsewhere, NW winds 10 to 20 kt, increasing to 20 to 30 kt after midnight,Seas 3 to 5 ft, building to 7 to 10 ft after midnight. .SUN...NW winds 30 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and 8 to 11 ft elsewhere. .SUN NIGHT...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, N winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt after midnight. Elsewhere, N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .MON...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight. Gulf of Mexico E of 87W .TODAY...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TONIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt, shifting to NE after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .MON...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED NIGHT...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.