Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
718 FZNT25 KNHC 041516 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1116 AM EDT Tue Jun 4 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 late Wed. By Thu, the ridge will 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. .THIS AFTERNOON...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. Haze. Scattered showers and chance of tstms. .WED...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Chance of showers and isolated tstms. .WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .THU...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to S after midnight. Seas 2 ft or less. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...A frontal trough extends from 27N55W to 1013 mb low pres near 28.5N62.5W to the SE Bahamas. 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 through Thu. The upper trough is expected to aid in strengthening of the low pressure, which will move NE and exit the area waters Wed morning. Strong to near gale-force SW winds are expected ahead of this low pres this afternoon and evening as it moves across the NE waters. Weak high pressure will begin to build across the basin Wed then shift slowly E-NE Thu through Fri night. A weak front may drop into the NW waters Sat. .THIS AFTERNOON...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. Chance of showers and slight chance of tstms. .TONIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Scattered showers and slight chance of tstms. .WED...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .WED NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .THU...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT...SW to W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.