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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
402 PM EST MON FEB 18 2013

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...WITH HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE WESTERN
ATLANTIC WATERS...SE RETURN FLOW PREVAILS ACROSS THE GULF
WATERS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW GULF EARLY TUE. THE
FRONT WILL STALL FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO S TEXAS EARLY
WED...THEN WILL SHIFT N AS A WARM FRONT WED NIGHT AND
THU...SHIFTING N OF THE GULF THU NIGHT. A SECOND COLD FRONT WILL
SHIFT INTO THE NW GULF WATERS THU NIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL REACH
FROM SE LOUISIANA TO S TEXAS FRI LATE...AND FROM ALABAMA TO
NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO SAT LATE. 


GULF OF MEXICO N OF 26N W OF 87W

.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S 10 TO 20 KT
LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE...SW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING N LATE. SEAS
4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT THROUGH WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS
5 TO 7 FT. 
.THU THROUGH SAT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

GULF OF MEXICO FROM 22N TO 26N W OF 87W

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...BECOMING 10 TO 15 KT 
LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE...E TO SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT THROUGH WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT. 
.THU THROUGH SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

SW GULF OF MEXICO S OF 22N W OF 87W

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO 20 KT
LATE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E LATE.
WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN
10 KT...BECOMING NE LESS THAN 10 KT LATE. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT THROUGH WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU THROUGH SAT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT THROUGH WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.THU THROUGH SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.