Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
837 FZNT25 KNHC 030733 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 333 AM EDT Mon Jun 3 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 ridge will dominate the Gulf waters through the next several days, supporting generally moderate to fresh E to SE winds in the western Gulf and near the Yucatan Peninsula, occasionally strong, and gentle to moderate winds in the eastern Gulf. By the end of the week, the ridge may weaken allowing for winds to diminish somewhat. Hazy conditions due to agricultural fires over Central America and Mexico will continue for the next couple of days reducing visibility to around 3 nm at times, mainly over the western half of the Gulf. .TODAY...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Haze. Chance of showers and isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and chance of tstms. .TUE...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and chance of tstms. .TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and chance of tstms. .WED...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to E to SE late. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI NIGHT...NW to N winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to W late. Seas 2 ft or less. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...A stationary front from 27N55W westward to along 25N/26N will weaken into a surface trough by this evening. Energy associated with a convectively active tropical wave, currently over the W Caribbean, will lift NNE and merge with this trough by Tue. Afterwards, the trough will drift eastward and move to the central subtropical Atlantic waters Thu into Fri, with low pressure possibly developing along it. Fresh to occasionally strong SW winds are forecast ahead of this trough/low as it crosses the north-central and then eastern offshore waters. Ridging will build across the basin Thu through Fri night. .TODAY...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N. Slight chance of tstms. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 4 ft N of 27N. Chance of tstms. .TUE...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and NE to E 10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 ft N of 27N. Chance of tstms. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 4 ft N of 27N. Chance of tstms. .WED...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 ft N of 27N. .WED NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 ft N of 27N. .THU...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. S of 27N, seas 2 ft or less. N of 27N, seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft late. .FRI...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 ft N of 27N. .FRI NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 ft N of 27N.