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FZNT32 KNHC 031501
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Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1001 AM EST Thu Jan 3 2019

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 stationary front extends from the Florida
panhandle to a low pressure system centered south of Houston TX
to central Mexico. Reinforcing cold air will force the front
eastward later today as a cold front, extending from Mobile AL
to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec tonight, from central Florida to
Yucatan peninsula Fri night, then sweep SE of the Gulf on Sat.
Fresh to strong winds will follow the front across the western
Gulf tonight and Fri. Winds and seas will diminish Fri night and
Sat west of the front. 

Gulf of Mexico N of 26N W of 87W

.TODAY...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TONIGHT...W winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.FRI...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SAT...N winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to NE in the afternoon.
Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.SUN...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building
to 3 to 4 ft after midnight. 
.MON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the
evening, subsiding to 2 ft or less. 

Gulf of Mexico from 22N to 26N W of 87W

.TODAY...S winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to SW 15 to 25 kt in the
afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TONIGHT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.FRI...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SAT...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.MON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 

SW Gulf of Mexico S of 22N W of 87W

.TODAY...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, N winds less than
10 kt, increasing to 10 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Elsewhere, SE
winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft within 60 nm of coast of
Veracruz, and 3 to 4 ft elsewhere. 
.TONIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt within 60 nm of coast of
Veracruz, and N 10 to 20 kt elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.FRI...N winds 15 to 25 kt within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz,
and N 10 to 20 kt elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, N winds 10 to
15 kt, shifting to NE after midnight. Elsewhere, NE winds 10 to
20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.SAT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.MON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 

Gulf of Mexico E of 87W

.TODAY...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SAT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.MON...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt, shifting to NE after
midnight. Seas 3 ft.