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MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1018 PM EDT THU APR 4 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...A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM NEAR 30N84W TO 26N87W TO
18N94W WILL REACH FROM NEAR SW FLORIDA TO THE NE TIP OF THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE TONIGHT...PUSHING SE OF THE GULF BY EARLY
FRI MORNING. HIGH PRES WILL BUILD IN ACROSS THE GULF IN THE WAKE
OF THE FRONT...SHIFTING EASTWARD SAT AND SUN AS LOW PRES DEEPENS
OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW TO
INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN GULF THROUGH TUE.

GULF OF MEXICO N OF 26N W OF 87W

.OVERNIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.FRI...NW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO N 10 TO 20 KT LATE.
SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO NE 10 TO 15 KT
LATE. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

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

.OVERNIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.
.FRI...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO NE 10 TO 15 KT
LATE. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

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

.OVERNIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 8 FT.
.FRI...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT.
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF
VERACRUZ...AND N 10 TO 15 KT ELSEWHERE. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W

.OVERNIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NW WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO N 10 TO 15 KT
LATE. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT AND SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN THROUGH TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.