000 FZNT32 KNHC 180840 OFFN21 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 440 AM EDT Fri Oct 18 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...Potential Tropical Cyclone Sixteen near 24.3N 92.5W 1004 mb at 0900 UTC moving NE at 12 kt. Maximum sustained winds 35 kt gusts 45 kt. PTC Sixteen will move to 26.8N 89.8W this afternoon, 29.0N 87.0W Sat morning, and inland near 31.5N 84.5W Sat afternoon. It will slowly expand in size and strengthen prior to making landfall in the western Florida Panhandle Sat morning. Marine conditions will improve rapidly across the basin Sat night and Sun as the cyclone accelerates off to the NE into the W Atlc. A cold front will reach the NW Gulf Mon night, and extend across the basin from northern Florida to NE Mexico on Tue. Gulf of Mexico N of 26N W of 87W ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .TODAY...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. NE winds 30 to 40 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft, building to 8 to 11 ft in the afternoon. .TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. NW winds 35 to 45 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .SAT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. W winds 25 to 35 kt, diminishing to 15 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...W winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Gulf of Mexico from 22N to 26N W of 87W ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .TODAY...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. W winds 30 to 40 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .TONIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SAT...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. SW Gulf of Mexico S of 22N W of 87W .TODAY...NW winds 10 to 20 kt within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and W 15 to 25 kt elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TONIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, shifting to S 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...N winds 15 to 25 kt within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and E 10 to 15 kt elsewhere. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Gulf of Mexico E of 87W ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .TODAY...SE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S winds 25 to 35 kt, increasing to 35 to 45 kt after midnight. Seas 8 to 11 ft, building to 9 to 14 ft after midnight. .SAT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SW winds 30 to 40 kt, diminishing to 20 to 30 kt in the afternoon. Seas 9 to 14 ft, subsiding to 7 to 10 ft in the afternoon. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft, subsiding to 4 to 6 ft after midnight. .SUN...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...SE winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to NE 10 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft.