Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
177 FZNT32 KNHC 092009 OFFN21 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 409 PM EDT Thu May 9 2024 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast for the Gulf of Mexico Seas given as significant wave height, which is the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves. Individual waves may be more than twice the significant wave height. Synopsis for the Gulf of Mexico .SYNOPSIS...Mainly fresh SE winds will prevail across much of the Gulf through tonight, ahead of a cold front slowly approaching from the northwest. The cold front will move off the Texas coast into the northwest Gulf Fri and move southeast, stall from south Texas to the Straits of Florida on Sun, then weaken and drift northward. Moderate to locally fresh NE winds will follow the front into Sat evening. Haze due to agricultural fires in southeastern Mexico persists across most of the western Gulf. Gulf of Mexico N of 26N W of 87W .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 6 ft. .FRI...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. .SAT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Gulf of Mexico from 22N to 26N W of 87W .TONIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...E winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. SW Gulf of Mexico S of 22N W of 87W .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT...N winds less than 10 kt within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and E 10 to 15 kt elsewhere. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt, shifting to SE after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Gulf of Mexico E of 87W .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to W after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT...NW winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN...E winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...S winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.