Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
734 FZNT25 KNHC 261537 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1137 AM EDT Sun May 26 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...A relatively weak high pressure ridge will continue to extend from the western Atlantic across the E Gulf into the upcoming week. This will maintain a weak pressure pattern over the basin. Mostly moderate to fresh SE to S winds will exist W of 87W through early Mon while light to gentle SE to S winds will exist E of 87W. The winds W of 87W will shift to W of 90W afterwards while winds east of 87W generally become light and variable, except S of 26N where they become gentle NE winds. Seas will be slight to moderate during the period. A cold front is expected to move across the NE Gulf Tue through Wed, followed by gentle to moderate W to NW winds. Fresh to strong winds will pulse near the northern and western Yucatan Peninsula during the late afternoons and at night through the period. Hazy conditions due to agricultural fires in Mexico continue across most of the western Gulf. Smoke is noted over the Bay of Campeche. .THIS AFTERNOON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TONIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...S of 24N, SE winds 10 to 15 kt. N of 24N, SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt in the morning, becoming variable less than 5 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Isolated showers. .TUE...E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU...S of 24N, E winds 10 kt. N of 24N, E winds 10 kt in the morning, becoming variable less than 5 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. .THU NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...A trough extends from 31N58W to 26N66W and to near the southeastern Bahamas. Scattered showers and thunderstorms moving eastward are north of 24N and east of 60W. Relatively weak high pressure elsewhere will change little during the next few days. The associated gradient will support mostly moderate winds and seas north of the Bahamas and off NE Florida by Mon night as the high pressure shifts eastward ahead of a weakening cold front that will move across the waters north of the Bahamas Tue into midweek. Moderate to fresh southerly winds will precede the front. Scattered showers and thunderstorms may accompany the front. .THIS AFTERNOON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. .TONIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and S 10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 to 3 ft S of 27N, and 3 to 4 ft N of 27N. .MON NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .TUE...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...SW to W winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to NE to E in the afternoon. Seas 2 to 3 ft. .WED NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. .THU...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. .THU NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft.