000 FZNT32 KNHC 250201 OFFN21 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1001 PM EDT Thu Oct 24 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...Showers and thunderstorms associated with low pressure over the southwest Gulf of Mexico continue to organize, although the low doesn't have a well defined center. Further development is expected and the low has a high chance forming into a tropical depression later tonight or Friday. The low is expected to become post-tropical by Saturday or merge with a cold front that is currently approaching the NW Gulf of Mexico. By Fri night, this front will reach from Louisiana into the Bay of Campeche. To the west of the front, northerly gale force winds are expected Fri into early Saturday over the western Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico N of 26N W of 87W ...GALE WARNING... .OVERNIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .FRI...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SAT...W winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN...NW winds less than 10 kt in the morning, becoming variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...Variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft in the afternoon. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. Gulf of Mexico from 22N to 26N W of 87W ...GALE WARNING... .OVERNIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI...SE winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming S 25 to 35 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .FRI NIGHT...W winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft. .SAT...NW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt, becoming N less than 10 kt after midnight. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SUN...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. SW Gulf of Mexico S of 22N W of 87W ...GALE WARNING... .OVERNIGHT...W winds less than 10 kt within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and SE 10 to 15 kt elsewhere. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, W winds less than 10 kt, becoming NW 20 to 30 kt in the afternoon. Elsewhere, S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 25 to 35 kt within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and NW 20 to 30 kt elsewhere. Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, seas 8 to 11 ft, building to 11 to 16 ft after midnight. Elsewhere, seas 6 to 8 ft, building to 8 to 11 ft after midnight. .SAT...NW winds 25 to 35 kt within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and NW 20 to 30 kt elsewhere. Seas 11 to 16 ft within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and 8 to 13 ft elsewhere. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .SUN...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...E winds less than 10 kt in the morning, becoming variable winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Gulf of Mexico E of 87W .OVERNIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN...S winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .TUE NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.