Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
962 FZNT25 KNHC 052027 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 427 PM EDT Wed Jun 5 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 weak Atlantic ridge extends SW into the NE Gulf, and will dominate the basin through the next several days. This pattern will support generally moderate to locally fresh SE to S winds in the western Gulf, fresh to occasionally strong near the Yucatan Peninsula, and gentle to moderate winds in the eastern Gulf through early Fri. On Fri, the ridge will weaken, allowing for winds to diminish somewhat into the weekend. Hazy conditions due to agricultural fires over Central America and Mexico will continue for the next couple of days, reducing visibility to around 1 to 3 nm at times, mainly over the southwestern half of the Gulf. .TONIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Haze. Scattered showers and chance of tstms. .THU...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Haze. Chance of showers and isolated tstms. .THU NIGHT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to E after midnight. Seas 2 ft or less. Chance of showers and isolated tstms. .FRI...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to W to NW in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI NIGHT...NW to N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT...SW to W winds less than 5 kt, shifting to NE in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...S winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to NE in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to SE in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...A frontal trough extends from 27N55W to near the Windward Passage and will drift E-SE and weaken through Wed night. A deep-layered upper trough across the W Atlantic extending from near Bermuda to the north- central Caribbean will shift E-NE across the region through Thu, and maintain active thunderstorms between 55W and 70W that will shift E and NE ahead of the trough. Weak high pressure will begin to build across the basin in the wake of the upper trough Wed, then shift slowly E-NE Thu through Fri night. A weak front will move into the far NW waters Sat and stall there Sun. .TONIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and SE to S 10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .THU...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and S 5 to 10 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .THU NIGHT...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, building to 3 ft after midnight. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .FRI...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and SW 10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .FRI NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 to 4 ft after midnight. .MON...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.