Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS

Home | Current Version | Previous Version | Text Only | Print | Product List | Glossary On
Versions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
000
FZNT27 KNHC 192024
OFFN06

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
424 PM EDT Fri Apr 19 2024

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

.SYNOPSIS...High pressure extending across the basin from the
western Atlantic will prevail through Sat, with gentle to
moderate winds in the NE half of the basin, and moderate to
fresh in the SW half of the basin. Winds will pulse fresh to
strong in the evenings NW of the Yucatan Peninsula through at
least Sat evening. A cold front is forecast to move into the NW
Gulf late Sat night into early Sun, stalling and dissipating
near 24N early next week. Fresh to locally strong winds and
building seas may follow the front through Sun night. High
pressure will again dominate the basin by Tue and continue
into Wed night.

Northwest Gulf of Mexico

.TONIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SAT...SE 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.
Scattered showers.
.SUN...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming N to NE 20 to 25 kt
in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers.
.SUN NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.MON...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.TUE...E to SE winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.WED...E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.

North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico

.TONIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
.SAT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft.
.SUN...SE winds less than 5 kt, becoming SW to W 10 to 15 kt in
the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated
thunderstorms.
.SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.MON...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.MON NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TUE...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TUE NIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
.WED...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.


USA.gov is the U.S. government's official web portal to all federal, state and local government web resources and services.