586
FZNT27 KNHC 171528
OFFN06

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1128 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 warm front extends from near Tampa, Florida to
near Mobile, Alabama. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are
over the western Gulf from 26N to 30N west of 94W. The front
will continue to lift northward and inland through this
afternoon, with strong thunderstorms ahead of it. A stationary
front is across the Texas coastal waters and will meander there
today before shifting eastward 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

.THIS AFTERNOON...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Isolated
showers and thunderstorms. Haze.
.TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered
showers and thunderstorms.
.SAT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers
and isolated thunderstorms.
.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 in SE swell.
.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 5 ft.
.TUE...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.

North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico

.THIS AFTERNOON...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.  Isolated
showers and thunderstorms E of 87W.
.TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Isolated showers
and thunderstorms E of 87W.
.SAT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated thunderstorms between 87W and 90W. Isolated
showers and thunderstorms E of 87W.
.SAT NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated thunderstorms E of 87W.
.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 late.
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 2 to 4 ft.
.TUE...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.