473
FZNT25 KNHC 021544
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1144 AM EDT Thu May 2 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...Surface ridging continues to dominate the Gulf
waters. The pressure gradient between the ridge and lower
pressures in Texas and Mexico will continue to tighten, and
fresh to strong pulsing winds in the western half of the Gulf
will prevail through Fri. Moderate or weaker winds will prevail
in the eastern half of the basin. Winds will pulse to strong
speeds nightly near and to the NW of the Yucatan Peninsula due
to local effects induced by a thermal trough.

.THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft.
.TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.FRI...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SAT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.MON...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.MON NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A surface ridge extends across the SW Atlantic and
supports moderate to fresh easterly winds S of 25N, including
the approaches to the Windward Passage. The ridge is expected to
slide eastward and weaken today, while a surface trough develops
just N of Hispaniola. The pressure gradient between the ridge
and the trough will support pulsing strong east to southeast
east of the trough, and moderate to fresh northeast to east
winds west of the trough. The trough will also amplify the area
of showers and thunderstorms currently affecting the southern
Bahamas and the Great Bahama Bank. The trough is forecast to
become a weak low, which will track northeastward Fri through
Sat, and open back into a trough while exiting the area on Sun.

.THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and E 5 to 10 kt
N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less.
.TONIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and E 10 to 15 kt
N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight.
.FRI...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and E 5 to 10 kt N of
27N. Seas 3 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SAT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SUN...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.