000 FZNT32 KNHC 231456 OFFN21 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1056 AM EDT Mon Apr 23 2018 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 extends from the Florida Panhandle to near Tuxpan, Mexico. An area of scattered showers and tstms precede the front between 24N-26N. The cold front will reach from northern Florida near 30N83W to Veracruz, Mexico this evening, from near Tampa Bay to the eastern Bay of Campeche early Tue, and NW Cuba and the Yucatan Peninsula by Tue evening. Weak high pres will build across the area behind the front. Another weak cold front is expected to move to just offshore the Texas coast early on Thu. This next cold front is expected to reach the eastern gulf by Fri night. Gulf of Mexico N of 26N W of 87W .THIS AFTERNOON...N winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TONIGHT...NW winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the evening, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .WED...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED NIGHT...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming N less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU NIGHT...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI NIGHT...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Gulf of Mexico from 22N to 26N W of 87W .THIS AFTERNOON...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TONIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...NE winds less than 10 kt, shifting to E in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. .WED NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .THU...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU NIGHT...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight. SW Gulf of Mexico S of 22N W of 87W .THIS AFTERNOON...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .TONIGHT...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, NE winds less than 10 kt. Elsewhere, N winds less than 10 kt, shifting to NE after midnight. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight. .TUE...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, NE winds less than 10 kt. Elsewhere, E winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds less than 10 kt within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and NE 10 to 15 kt elsewhere. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight. .WED...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .WED NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight. .FRI...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 to 4 ft after midnight. Gulf of Mexico E of 87W .THIS AFTERNOON...SW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TONIGHT...NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...W winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED...NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED NIGHT...NW winds 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt, becoming W less than 10 kt after midnight. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI...NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI NIGHT...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.