000 FZNT32 KNHC 151516 OFFN21 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1116 AM EDT Fri Mar 15 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 cold front extends from the FL Panhandle to 28N90W to 24N95W to 20N96.5W. A surface ridge is building to the north of the front, from Texas to the coastal plains of Mexico. The front will reach from the SW Florida coast near 27N to 23N90W to 18.5N93.5W on Saturday morning, and then become stationary and remain along more or less the same positions by Sunday morning and continuing all day on Sunday. Expect gale-force winds this evening near Veracruz, Mexico and in the adjacent waters of Tampico Mexico. Strong to near gale-force winds will follow the front, elsewhere. The front will push south as a cold front on Monday, and become stationary for a second time, across the lower Straits of Florida, or across northern Cuba and west southwestward to the northern and western sections of the Yucatan Peninsula through Tuesday night. A surface trough will set up from northwest to southeast in the SW Gulf of Mexico, on Sunday, and weaken from Monday through Tuesday. Gulf of Mexico N of 26N W of 87W .THIS AFTERNOON...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TONIGHT...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .SAT...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SUN...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Gulf of Mexico from 22N to 26N W of 87W ...GALE WARNING... .TODAY...N to NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NE to E swell, building to 8 to 12 ft in NE swell in the afternoon. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .TONIGHT...S of 23N W of 96W, N winds 30 to 35 kt. Seas 10 to 14 ft. Elsewhere, N to NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft. Scattered showers. .SAT...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft in NE swell. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NE swell. Isolated showers. .SUN...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .MON...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in NE to E swell. .TUE...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. SW Gulf of Mexico S of 22N W of 87W ...GALE WARNING... .TODAY...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft, building to 7 to 11 ft in N to NE swell towards evening. .TONIGHT...S of 21N W of 95W, NW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 10 to 14 ft. Elsewhere, NW to N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft in NW to N swell. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .SAT...S of 21N W of 95W NW winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 10 to 14 ft. Elsewhere, NW to N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft in N swell. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .SAT NIGHT...NW to N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft in N swell. .SUN...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in N to NE swell. .SUN NIGHT...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .MON...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in NE swell. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Gulf of Mexico E of 87W .THIS AFTERNOON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TONIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft.