Coastal Waters Forecast
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
Issued by NWS New Orleans/Baton Rouge, LA
184 FZUS54 KLIX 171628 CWFLIX Coastal Waters Forecast National Weather Service New Orleans LA 1128 AM CDT Fri May 17 2024 Pascagoula to Atchafalaya River out to 60 NM Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves...along with the occasional height of the average highest 10 percent of the waves. GMZ500-GMZ501-180515- 1128 AM CDT Fri May 17 2024 .SYNOPSIS FOR PASCAGOULA TO ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 60 NM... A stationary boundary will remain over the region this afternoon before eventually moving southeastward as a cold front on Saturday. South to southwesterly winds will be hazardous to small craft, before subsiding and shifting out of the northwest in wake of the cold frontal passage. High pressure builds in Sunday and remains over the waters through early next week. $$ GMZ530-180515- Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas- 1128 AM CDT Fri May 17 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .THIS AFTERNOON...Southwest winds around 10 knots. Waves 2 to 3 feet. A chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms. .TONIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots, becoming northwest 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots after midnight. Waves around 2 feet. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then showers and thunderstorms likely after midnight. .SATURDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots early in the morning, becoming 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots in the mid to late morning and then and south 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Waves 1 to 2 feet in the morning, then 1 foot or less. Thunderstorms likely. Showers likely. .SATURDAY NIGHT...South winds around 5 knots, becoming northwest after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. .SUNDAY...North winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. .MONDAY...East winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. .TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less, then around 2 feet in the afternoon. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ534-180515- Lake Borgne- 1128 AM CDT Fri May 17 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .THIS AFTERNOON...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming west 5 to 10 knots late. Gusts up to 25 knots. Waves 2 to 3 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms early, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms late. .TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots after midnight. Waves 2 to 3 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then showers with thunderstorms likely after midnight. .SATURDAY...Southwest winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots early in the morning, becoming 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots in the mid to late morning and then and south 5 to 10 knots in the afternoon. Waves around 2 feet in the morning, then 1 foot or less. Thunderstorms likely. Showers. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. .SUNDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. .MONDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less, then around 2 feet in the afternoon. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds around 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ532-180515- Mississippi Sound- 1128 AM CDT Fri May 17 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .THIS AFTERNOON...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Waves 3 to 4 feet. A slight chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms. .TONIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, becoming west 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots after midnight. Waves 3 to 4 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then showers and thunderstorms likely after midnight. .SATURDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots, becoming southwest 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Waves around 2 feet. Thunderstorms likely. Showers, mainly in the morning. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west after midnight. Waves around 2 feet in the evening, then 1 foot or less. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. .SUNDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming west in the afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. .SUNDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. .MONDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming south in the afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet in the evening, then 1 foot or less. .TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds around 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ536-538-180515- Chandeleur Sound-Breton Sound- 1128 AM CDT Fri May 17 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .THIS AFTERNOON...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Waves 3 to 4 feet. A slight chance of showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms. .TONIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots after midnight. Waves 2 to 4 feet. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms after midnight. .SATURDAY...West winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots, becoming south 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Waves around 2 feet. Thunderstorms likely. Showers, mainly in the morning. .SATURDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west after midnight. Waves around 2 feet in the evening, then 1 foot or less. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening. .SUNDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. .MONDAY...North winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds around 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet. Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ555-557-180515- Coastal Waters from Boothville LA to Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River out 20 nm- Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island out 20 NM- 1128 AM CDT Fri May 17 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .THIS AFTERNOON...South winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: South 5 feet at 6 seconds. A slight chance of thunderstorms early. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late. .TONIGHT...Southwest winds 10 to 15 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots after midnight. Gusts up to 30 knots. Seas 3 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: South 4 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. .SATURDAY...Northwest winds 15 to 20 knots, becoming south 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: South 4 feet at 7 seconds. A chance of thunderstorms. Showers. Visibility 1 NM or less in the afternoon. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: South 4 feet at 7 seconds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. .SUNDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: South 3 feet at 8 seconds. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 7 seconds. .MONDAY...North winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: South 2 feet at 7 seconds. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 1 foot at 6 seconds. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: South 2 feet at 3 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 6 seconds. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ550-552-180515- Coastal Waters from Port Fourchon LA to Lower Atchafalaya River LA out 20 nm- Coastal waters from the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River to Port Fourchon Louisiana out 20 NM- 1128 AM CDT Fri May 17 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .THIS AFTERNOON...South winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming southwest 5 to 10 knots late. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: South 4 feet at 6 seconds. A slight chance of thunderstorms early. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late. .TONIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: South 4 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms after midnight. .SATURDAY...North winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots, becoming south 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: South 4 feet at 8 seconds. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon with visibility 1 NM or less. .SATURDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 3 feet at 8 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. .SUNDAY...North winds around 5 knots, becoming east in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 3 feet at 8 seconds. .SUNDAY NIGHT...South winds around 5 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: South 2 feet at 7 seconds. .MONDAY...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet. Wave Detail: South 2 feet at 7 seconds. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: South 2 feet at 5 seconds. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 2 feet at 5 seconds. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ575-577-180515- Coastal Waters from Stake Island LA to Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River from 20 to 60 nm- Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island Louisiana out 20 to 60 NM- 1128 AM CDT Fri May 17 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .THIS AFTERNOON...South winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: South 5 feet at 6 seconds. .TONIGHT...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: South 5 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. .SATURDAY...Northwest winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots, becoming southeast 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots in the afternoon. Seas around 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: South 4 feet at 7 seconds. A chance of thunderstorms. Showers. Visibility 1 NM or less. .SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: South 4 feet at 8 seconds. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. .SUNDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming north in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: South 3 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 2 feet at 7 seconds. .MONDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast in the afternoon. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: South 2 feet at 7 seconds. .MONDAY NIGHT...South winds around 5 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 7 seconds and east 1 foot at 4 seconds. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 5 seconds. .TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 4 seconds and southeast 1 foot at 6 seconds. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$ GMZ570-572-180515- Coastal waters from Port Fourchon Louisiana to Lower Atchafalaya River LA from 20 to 60 NM- Coastal waters from Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River to Port Fourchon Louisiana from 20 to 60 NM- 1128 AM CDT Fri May 17 2024 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... .THIS AFTERNOON...South winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: South 5 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late. .TONIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots after midnight. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: South 5 feet at 7 seconds. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. .SATURDAY...Northeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots, becoming east 10 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Seas around 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: South 4 feet at 8 seconds. Showers with a chance of thunderstorms. Visibility 1 NM or less. .SATURDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 4 to 5 feet, occasionally to 6 feet. Wave Detail: South 5 feet at 8 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. .SUNDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Seas 3 to 4 feet, occasionally to 5 feet. Wave Detail: South 4 feet at 8 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. .SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Seas around 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 3 feet at 8 seconds. .MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: South 3 feet at 7 seconds. .MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds. .TUESDAY...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 2 feet at 6 seconds. .TUESDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave Detail: Southeast 3 feet at 5 seconds. Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms. $$