Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
860 FZNT25 KNHC 250926 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 526 AM 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...High pressure over the region will begin to shift ESE starting Sun. Moderate to fresh E to SE winds over the western Gulf, and gentle to moderate SE to S winds elsewhere are expected to continue through the weekend, except for winds becoming light and variable over most of the eastern Gulf through early next week. A cold front will move across the NE Gulf from late Tue through Wed night, followed by gentle to moderate west 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. .TODAY...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TONIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...SE to S 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...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...A trough extends from near 29N62W WSW to weak low pressure of 1012 mb near 28N67W to the Windward Passage. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are presently in the NW semicircle of the low to 66W.The low is expected to move NE during the next day or so, and development into a tropical or subtropical cyclone is not expected due to unfavorable environmental conditions. Otherwise, relatively weak high pressure will remain over the region for the next few days. The associated gradient will support moderate winds and seas are possible north of the Bahamas and off northeast Florida by Mon night as the high pressure shifts eastward ahead of a cold front that is expected to move off the southeastern U.S. coast Mon night, move across the waters east of northern Florida early on Tue, reach from near 31N79W to east-central Florida early on Wed and from near 31N78W to 29N79W and stationary to east-central Florida Wed night. .TODAY...SE to S winds less than 5 kt S of 27N, and SW 5 to 10 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less. .TONIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. 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...S winds 5 to 10 kt. 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 5 to 10 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...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to N in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to S after midnight. Seas 2 ft or less.