159 FZNT32 KNHC 180225 OFFN21 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 925 PM EST Sun Nov 17 2024 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...High pressure centered over the SE United States dominates the basin with moderate to fresh E to SE return flow, except fresh to strong from the Yucatan Channel and Peninsula to the Texas coast which will persist through Mon. The next cold front will move into the NW Gulf Mon night, reaching from SW Louisiana to near Tamaulipas, Mexico early Tue, then from Apalachee Bay to Tampico, Mexico early Wed. Reinforcing fresh to strong northerly winds and large seas are forecast across the basin Wed night as the front pushes SE of the basin behind the front starting Wed. The front will push SE of the basin by early Thu with conditions gradually improving through the end of the week as high pressure builds in. Meanwhile, Tropical Depression Sara is forecast to move from the Yucatan Peninsula to the eastern Bay of Campeche overnight while transitioning to a post-tropical cyclone before dissipating. Gulf of Mexico N of 26N W of 87W .TONIGHT...SE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .MON...SE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .MON NIGHT...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE...S winds 10 to 20 kt, shifting to W in the afternoon. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .WED...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt, diminishing to 10 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .THU...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .FRI...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Gulf of Mexico from 22N to 26N W of 87W .TONIGHT...SE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .MON...SE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE...SW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .THU NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .FRI...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. SW Gulf of Mexico S of 22N W of 87W .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON...S winds less than 10 kt within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and SE 10 to 20 kt elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, SW winds less than 10 kt, shifting to NW in the afternoon. Elsewhere, S winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the evening, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .WED...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .FRI...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Gulf of Mexico E of 87W .TONIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .WED...W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .THU...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .FRI...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.