967
FZNT27 KNHC 170849
OFFN06

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
449 AM EDT Fri May 17 2024

...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available
through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed
Coastal Waters Forecasts...

.SYNOPSIS...A stationary front from near Venice, Florida to SE
Louisiana has begun to drift northward as a warm front.
Scattered to numerous strong thunderstorms are north of 28N
between SE Louisiana and the Florida Panhandle and are shifting
eastward. The front will continue to lift northward and inland
through late today, with strong thunderstorms ahead of it. A
stationary front is across the Texas coastal waters and will
meander there today before shifting E across the northern Gulf
tonight through Mon, supported by a series of upper-level
disturbances moving from W to E. This will maintain active
weather over the northern Gulf through most of the weekend.
Elsewhere, moderate to fresh return flow will dominate the
basin, except pulsing to locally strong near the Yucatan
Peninsula and the Bay of Campeche through Sat night. Winds will
slightly weaken Sun into early next week as the pressure
gradient relaxes. Meanwhile, areas of haze and smoke due to
agricultural fires in Mexico continue across most of the western
Gulf and Bay of Campeche.

Northwest Gulf of Mexico

.TODAY...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Areas of
smoke. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. Vsby 4 NM.
.TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered tstms.
.SAT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in SE swell.
.SUN...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TUE...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.

North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico

.TODAY...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SAT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms.
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms.
.SUN...W winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to NW to N in the afternoon.
Seas 4 to 5 ft in S swell.
.SUN NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to N to NE after
midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.TUE...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.