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Coastal Waters Forecast for Florida
National Weather Service Miami FL
401 AM EDT Thu May 16 2024

Atlantic coastal waters from Jupiter Inlet to Ocean Reef out to
60 nm and Gulf coastal waters from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee
out 20 nm and Chokoloskee to Bonita Beach out 60 nm...including
the waters of Biscayne Bay and Lake Okeechobee.

Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest
1/3 of the waves...along with the occasional height of the
average highest 10 percent of the waves.

AMZ600-GMZ606-161700-
Synopsis for Jupiter Inlet to Ocean Reef FL out to 60 nm and for East
Cape Sable to Bonita Beach FL out to 60 nm-
401 AM EDT Thu May 16 2024

.Synopsis...

Gentle to moderate westerly to southwesterly flow will continue
today across the local waters as a frontal boundary stalls over
central Florida. Winds subside to a light breeze tonight, before
increasing to a gentle to moderate southerly breeze on Friday and
into the weekend as a low pressure system moves across the Southeast
US. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible over the
local waters each day through the weekend.


Gulf Stream Hazards: None.

The approximate location of the west wall of the Gulf Stream as of
May 16, 2024 at 12 UTC...

  1 nautical miles northeast of Fowey Rocks.
 12 nautical miles east northeast of Port Everglades.
  3 nautical miles east northeast of Lake Worth.
  6 nautical miles east southeast of Jupiter Inlet.

This data courtesy of the Naval Oceanographic Office.

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AMZ650-670-161700-
Coastal waters from Jupiter Inlet to Deerfield Beach FL out 20 NM-
Waters from Jupiter Inlet to Deerfield Beach FL from 20 to 60 NM-
401 AM EDT Thu May 16 2024

.TODAY...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W SW
2 ft at 4 seconds. Intracoastal waters a light chop. A chance of
showers and tstms.
.TONIGHT...S SW winds 5 to 10 kt becoming W NW after midnight.
Seas 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: S SW 1 foot at 4 seconds and N
1 foot at 5 seconds. Intracoastal waters a light chop. A slight
chance of showers and tstms in the evening.
.FRI...SW winds 5 kt becoming S SE 10 to 15 kt with gusts to
around 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: N
1 foot at 5 seconds. Intracoastal waters a moderate chop. A
slight chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon.
.FRI NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: S
SE 1 foot at 3 seconds and N 1 foot at 5 seconds. Intracoastal
waters a light chop. A slight chance of showers and tstms.
.SAT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: S 2 ft
at 3 seconds and N 1 foot at 4 seconds. Intracoastal waters a light
chop. A slight chance of showers and tstms in the morning, then a
chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts to around 20 kt. Seas
1 to 2 ft. Wave Detail: S 2 ft at 3 seconds. Intracoastal waters
light chop. A chance of showers and tstms.
.SUN...S SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Intracoastal
waters a light chop. Showers likely with a chance of tstms.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas around 2 ft. Intracoastal
waters a light chop. Showers likely with a chance of tstms.
.MON...SW winds around 10 kt becoming S SW in the evening. Seas
1 to 2 ft. Intracoastal waters a light chop. Showers likely with a
chance of tstms.

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AMZ651-671-161700-
Coastal waters from Deerfield Beach to Ocean Reef FL out 20 NM-
Waters from Deerfield Beach to Ocean Reef FL from 20 to 60 NM
excluding the territorial waters of Bahamas-
401 AM EDT Thu May 16 2024

.TODAY...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: SW
2 ft at 4 seconds. Intracoastal waters a light chop. A slight
chance of showers and tstms.
.TONIGHT...W NW winds 5 to 10 kt along the coast to W 5 to 10 kt
in the Gulf Stream. Seas less than 2 ft. Wave Detail: W 1 foot at
3 seconds. Intracoastal waters a light chop.
.FRI...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas less than 2 ft. Intracoastal
waters a light chop. A slight chance of showers in the afternoon.
.FRI NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas less than 2 ft. Wave Detail:
S SE 1 foot at 2 seconds. Intracoastal waters a light chop.
.SAT...S SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt in the afternoon.
Seas less than 2 ft. Wave Detail: S SE 1 foot at 3 seconds and N NE
1 foot at 5 seconds. Intracoastal waters a light chop. A slight
chance of showers. A slight chance of tstms in
the afternoon.
.SAT NIGHT...S SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt in the
evening. Seas less than 2 ft. Wave Detail: S SE 1 foot at 3 seconds.
Intracoastal waters a light chop. A slight chance of showers and
tstms.
.SUN...S SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Intracoastal
waters a light chop. A chance of showers and tstms.
.SUN NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Intracoastal
waters a light chop. A chance of showers in the evening. A chance
of tstms through the night. Showers likely after midnight.
.MON...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Intracoastal waters
light chop. Showers likely with a chance of tstms.

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GMZ656-657-676-161700-
Coastal waters from Chokoloskee to Bonita Beach FL out 20 NM-
Coastal waters from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee FL out 20 NM-
Waters from Chokoloskee to Bonita Beach FL from 20 to 60 NM-
401 AM EDT Thu May 16 2024

.TODAY...W SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Wave Detail: W SW
2 ft at 6 seconds. Bay and inland waters a light chop. A slight
chance of showers and tstms.
.TONIGHT...W NW winds 5 kt becoming S SW after midnight. Seas
1 to 2 ft near shore and around 2 ft well offshore. Wave Detail:
W SW 2 ft at 5 seconds. Bay and inland waters smooth.
.FRI...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 0 to 1 foot near shore and around
2 ft well offshore. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 5 seconds. Bay and
inland waters a light chop.
.FRI NIGHT...S SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 0 to 1 foot near
shore and around 2 ft well offshore. Bay and inland waters a light
chop.
.SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less near shore and around
2 ft well offshore. Wave Detail: S SW 2 ft at 6 seconds. Bay and
inland waters a light chop.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 0 to 1 foot near shore and
2 to 3 ft well offshore. Wave Detail: SW 2 ft at 6 seconds. Bay
and inland waters a light chop. A chance of showers and tstms after
midnight.
.SUN...SW winds 5 to 10 kt becoming W in the evening. Seas 1 to
2 ft. Bay and inland waters a light chop. A chance of showers and
tstms.
.SUN NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less near shore and
around 2 ft well offshore. Bay and inland waters a light chop. A
chance of showers in the evening. A chance of tstms through the
night. Showers likely after midnight.
.MON...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Bay and inland
waters a light chop. A chance of showers and tstms.

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Lake Okeechobee-
401 AM EDT Thu May 16 2024

.TODAY...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Lake waters a light chop. A chance of
showers and tstms.
.TONIGHT...W NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Lake waters a light chop.
.FRI...S SW winds 5 kt. Lake waters smooth. A slight chance of
showers and tstms in the afternoon.
.FRI NIGHT...S SW winds 5 kt. Lake waters smooth.
.SAT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Lake waters a light chop. A chance of
showers and tstms in the afternoon.
.SAT NIGHT...S SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Lake waters a light chop.
.SUN...W SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Lake waters a light chop. A chance of
showers in the morning. A chance of tstms.
Showers likely in the afternoon.
.SUN NIGHT...W SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Lake waters a light chop. A
slight chance of showers and tstms.
.MON...W SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Lake waters a light chop. A slight
chance of showers and tstms in the morning, then a chance of
showers and tstms in the afternoon.

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Biscayne Bay-
401 AM EDT Thu May 16 2024

.TODAY...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Bay waters a light chop. A slight
chance of showers and tstms in the morning.
.TONIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt. Bay waters a light chop.
.FRI...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Bay waters a light chop. A slight chance
of showers and tstms in the afternoon.
.FRI NIGHT...S SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Bay waters a light chop.
.SAT...S SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Bay waters a light chop. A slight
chance of showers and tstms in the afternoon.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Bay waters a light chop.
.SUN...S SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Bay waters a light chop. A chance of
showers and tstms.
.SUN NIGHT...W SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Bay waters a light chop. A
chance of showers and tstms.
.MON...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Bay waters a light chop. Showers likely
with a chance of tstms.

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