000 FZNT32 KNHC 242105 OFFN21 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 405 PM EST Sun Dec 24 2017 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 slow moving cold front extending from the Florida Panhandle to the Bay of Campeche will drift east, ahead of a reinforcing front moving into the northern Gulf this evening. The fronts will merge and reach from SW Florida to near Veracruz, Mexico Mon morning, before stalling and weakening from the Straits of Florida to near Veracruz late Mon. The remnants of the front will lift northward as a warm front over the western Gulf Tue and Wed before stalling over the NW Gulf Thu. Gulf of Mexico N of 26N W of 87W .TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft, building to 5 to 7 ft after midnight. .MON...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Gulf of Mexico from 22N to 26N W of 87W .TONIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to E after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. SW Gulf of Mexico S of 22N W of 87W .TONIGHT...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, N winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Elsewhere, NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, N winds 10 to 20 kt. Elsewhere, NE winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to E in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, NW winds 10 to 20 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt after midnight. Elsewhere, NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, Variable winds less than 10 kt. Elsewhere, E winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU...E winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. Gulf of Mexico E of 87W .TONIGHT...N winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 to 4 ft after midnight. .MON...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.