000 FZNT32 KNHC 121449 OFFN21 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 949 AM EST Wed Dec 12 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...Fresh to locally strong southerly return flow will precede a cold front moving off the Texas coast early Thu with the front reaching from the Mississippi Delta to the Bay of Campeche on Thu night, from the Florida Big Bend to the Yucatan Channel on Fri and moving E of area around sunrise on Sat. Strong to near gale force northerly flow west of the front will increase to gale force on Thu evening over the northwest and west-central gulf waters. Near gale force southerly flow expected east of the front on Fri. The pressure gradient will relax on Fri night and Sat with moderate west flow expected on Sat evening with seas subsided to less than 8 ft throughout the gulf by sunrise on Sun. Gulf of Mexico N of 26N W of 87W ...GALE WARNING... ...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE... .TODAY...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...W winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft, building to 11 to 16 ft after midnight. .FRI...W winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 13 to 18 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 15 ft. .SAT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft, subsiding to 6 to 8 ft in the afternoon. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN...N winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Gulf of Mexico from 22N to 26N W of 87W ...GALE WARNING... ...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE... .TODAY...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TONIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU NIGHT...W winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft, building to 8 to 13 ft after midnight. .FRI...NW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 11 to 16 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 10 to 15 ft. .SAT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft, subsiding to 6 to 9 ft in the afternoon. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to NE after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. SW Gulf of Mexico S of 22N W of 87W .TODAY...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TONIGHT...SE winds 15 to 25 kt within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and SE 10 to 20 kt elsewhere. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, S winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Elsewhere, S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, N winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 20 to 30 kt after midnight. Elsewhere, W winds less than 10 kt, becoming NW 20 to 30 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft, building to 5 to 7 ft after midnight. .FRI...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft, building to 9 to 14 ft in the afternoon. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft, subsiding to 8 to 11 ft after midnight. .SAT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt after midnight. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. Gulf of Mexico E of 87W .TODAY...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TONIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming S 20 to 30 kt after midnight. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .FRI...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .FRI NIGHT...W winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft. .SAT...W winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 10 to 13 ft, subsiding to 9 to 10 ft in the afternoon. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .SUN...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 ft.