Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
785 FZNT25 KNHC 260317 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1117 PM EDT Sat May 25 2024 ...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed Coastal Waters Forecasts... Southeast Gulf of Mexico .SYNOPSIS...A relatively weak high pressure ridge will continue to extend from the western Atlantic across the northern Gulf into the upcoming week. This will maintain a weak pressure pattern over the basin. Mostly moderate to fresh SE to S winds will exist W of 87W through early Mon while light to gentle SE to S winds will exist E of 87W. The winds W of 87W will shift to W of 90W afterwards while winds east of 87W generally become light and variable, except S of 26N where they become gentle NE winds. Seas will be slight to moderate during the period. A cold front is expected to move across the NE Gulf Tue through Wed, followed by gentle to moderate W to NW winds. Fresh to strong winds will pulse near the northern and western Yucatan Peninsula during the late afternoons and at night through the period. Hazy conditions due to agricultural fires in Mexico continue across most of the western Gulf and Bay of Campeche. .OVERNIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE NIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...A weak 1012 mb low is near 29N64W, with a trough to western Puerto Rico. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are N of 30N between 55W and 60W and also S of 28N between 57W and Dominican Republic. The low will continue to move generally ENE through Sun evening as it weakens further with a trailing trough. Otherwise, relatively weak high pressure will remain over the region for the next few days. The associated gradient will support moderate winds and seas N of the Bahamas and off NE Florida by Mon night as the high pressure shifts eastward ahead of a weakening cold front that is expected to move across the waters N of the Bahamas Tue through Wed. Scattered showers and thunderstorms may accompany the front. .OVERNIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and S 10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and S 10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight. .TUE...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the evening, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .WED...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to S to SW after midnight. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.