Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
511 FZNT25 KNHC 050735 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 335 AM 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 fresh SE to S winds in the western Gulf, fresh to occasionally strong near the Yucatan Peninsula and in the NW Gulf, and gentle to moderate winds in the eastern Gulf through tonight. By Thu, 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 western half of the Gulf. .TODAY...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Haze. Isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and chance of tstms. .THU...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Chance of showers and isolated tstms. .THU NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Chance of showers and isolated tstms. .FRI...SE winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to N in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to SW late. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. 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 SE in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...A frontal trough extends from 1007 mb low pressure near 31N53W to 1013 mb low pressure near 23.5N61.5W to near the Windward Passage. A deep-layered upper trough across the W Atlantic and into the W 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. The feature will also aid in strengthening of the northern low pressure, which will move NE and completely exit the area waters later this morning. Gale-force winds will be just NE of the offshore waters with this low, with fresh to strong winds SE of the trough and N of 22N through the morning. Weak high pressure will begin to build across the basin in the wake of the northern low, then shift slowly E-NE Thu through Fri night. A weak front may move into the far NW waters Sat and stall there Sun. .TODAY...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 ft N of 27N. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and SE to S 10 to 15 kt N of 27N. S of 27N, seas 2 ft or less. N of 27N, seas 3 ft, subsiding to 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .THU...SE to S winds less than 5 kt S of 27N, and S 5 to 10 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less. Chance of tstms. .THU NIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and S 10 to 15 kt N of 27N. S of 27N, seas 2 ft or less. N of 27N, seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft late. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .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. .SAT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 ft N of 27N. .SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.