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FZNT32 KNHC 190149
OFFN21

Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
949 PM EDT Thu Apr 18 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 for the Gulf of Mexico

.SYNOPSIS...High pressure extending across the basin from the
western Atlantic will prevail through Sat, with gentle to
moderate winds in the NE half of the basin, and moderate to
fresh in the SW half of the basin. Winds will pulse to fresh to
strong in the evenings NW of the Yucatan Peninsula through Sat
evening. A cold front is forecast to move into the NW Gulf Sat
night into Sun, stalling and dissipating near 24N early next
week. Fresh to locally strong winds and building seas may follow
the front Sun into Sun evening. High pressure will return
thereafter.

Gulf of Mexico N of 26N W of 87W

.OVERNIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.FRI...SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...SE winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SAT...SE winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt in
the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SUN...SE winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt in
the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.MON...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TUE...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.

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

.OVERNIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.FRI...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SAT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SUN...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.MON...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TUE...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.

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

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

Gulf of Mexico E of 87W

.OVERNIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.FRI...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt
after midnight. Seas 2 ft or less.
.SAT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.SAT NIGHT...SE winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt
after midnight. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after
midnight.
.SUN...SE winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to S in the afternoon.
Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less.
.SUN NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.MON...N winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to
3 ft in the afternoon.
.MON NIGHT...N winds less than 10 kt, shifting to NE after
midnight. Seas 3 ft.
.TUE...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt, shifting to NE after
midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft.