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FZNT32 KNHC 180903
OFFN21

Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
503 AM EDT Sat May 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...A weak cold front has stalled across the western
Gulf, from southeastern Louisiana to the extreme NE coast of 
Mexico. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are over the Gulf
waters from Louisiana to Alabama along and north of the front.
The front will shift eastward across the northern Gulf through
early Sun, then stall and weaken gradually through Mon. Upper-
level disturbances moving from W to E across the Gulf coast
states will maintain active weather over the northern Gulf
through the weekend. Elsewhere, moderate to fresh return flow
will dominate the basin through early Sun, pulsing to locally
strong near the Yucatan Peninsula and the Bay of Campeche. Winds
will slightly weaken Sun into early next week as the pressure
gradient relaxes. Meanwhile, areas of haze and smoke due to
agricultural fires in Mexico continue across most of the western
Gulf and Bay of Campeche. Moderate to locally fresh SE return
flow will develop again across the W Gulf Tue and Wed. 

Gulf of Mexico N of 26N W of 87W

.TODAY...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TONIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SUN...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt
after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.MON...SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TUE...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.WED...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 

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

.TODAY...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.TONIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt
after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SUN...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt
after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.MON...SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.TUE...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.WED...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 

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

.TODAY...S winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to W in the afternoon.
Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TONIGHT...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, N winds 10 to
15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt after midnight. Elsewhere,
NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SUN...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, NW winds less than
10 kt. Elsewhere, S winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to SW in the
afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.SUN NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.MON...SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.TUE...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to
3 to 4 ft after midnight. 
.WED...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 

Gulf of Mexico E of 87W

.TODAY...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SUN...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...W winds less than 10 kt in the evening, becoming
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 3 ft in the evening,
subsiding to 2 ft or less. 
.TUE...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.TUE NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.WED...E winds 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.WED NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft.