000 FZNT32 KNHC 170905 OFFN21 MARINE WEATHER HF VOICE BROADCAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 405 AM EST THU DEC 17 2015 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 FROM SE LOUISIANA TO NE MEXICO WILL REACH FROM MOBILE BAY TO VERACRUZ THIS MORNING....FROM NEAR NEAR APALACHICOLA FLORIDA TO 25N90W TO 24N92W TO THE SW GULF NEAR 18N94W EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN FROM NEAR TAMPA BAY FLORIDA SW 25N86W TO NEAR OR JUST ALONG THE NW YUCATAN PENINSULA AND TO THE EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE NEAR 18.5N93W FRI MORNING. THE FRONT WILL THEN EXIT THE SE GULF FRI EVENING. FRESH TO STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT...REACHING GALE FORCE OFFSHORE OF VERACRUZ LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRI AFTERNOON. WINDS AND SEAS DIMINISH SAT AND SUN AS HIGH PRES WILL MOVE FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FRI NIGHT TO THE CAROLINAS BY LATE SAT. GENERALLY MODERATE E TO SE WINDS PREVAIL EARLY NEXT WEEK. GULF OF MEXICO N OF 26N W OF 87W .TODAY...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .MON...SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. GULF OF MEXICO FROM 22N TO 26N W OF 87W .TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...SHIFTING TO NW IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. .MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO LESS THAN 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON NIGHT...SE WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SW GULF OF MEXICO S OF 22N W OF 87W ...GALE WARNING S OF 21N W OF 95W... .TODAY...WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...N WINDS 10 TO 20 KT...SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. ELSEWHERE...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT... SHIFTING TO NW IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT...INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT S OF 21N W OF 95W LATE. WITHIN 60 NM OF COAST OF VERACRUZ...SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...BUILDING TO 9 TO 14 FT IN THE LATE. ELSEWHERE...SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT....EXCEPT 30 TO 35 KT S OF 20N W OF 95W DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 30 KT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT...EXCEPT 10 TO 15 FT S OF 20N W OF 95W...AND 7 TO 10 FT ELSEWHERE. .FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 20 KT LATE. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT...EXCEPT 9 TO 12 FT S OF 21N W OF 95W SUBSIDING TO 8 TO 10 FT LATE. .SAT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO E IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT IN THE MORNING...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. GULF OF MEXICO E OF 87W .TODAY...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO SW AFTER LATE...THEN...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT LATE. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .FRI...N WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SAT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.