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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
425 AM EDT MON MAR 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...SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN OVER THE
WATERS TODAY AND TONIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THAT FRONT WILL
REACH FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO BROWNSVILLE TEXAS TUE MORNING
THEN WILL STALL FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE TEXAS MEXICO BORDER TUE
NIGHT...DISSIPATING OVER THAT GENERAL AREA BY EARLY WED. HIGH PRES
WILL BUILD IN FROM THE N AND NE IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT THROUGH
THE END OF THE WEEK.

GULF OF MEXICO N OF 26N W OF 87W

.TODAY...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO W LATE. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.WED THROUGH THU...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. 

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

.TODAY...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO SE LATE. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED THROUGH FRI...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

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

.TODAY...WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...S WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT LATE. ELSEWHERE...SE
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.TONIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT WITHIN 60 NM OF
COAST OF VERACRUZ...AND E 10 TO 15 KT ELSEWHERE. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.WED THROUGH FRI...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT
LATE. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 KT...SHIFTING TO NE LATE. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT.
.WED THROUGH THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.