Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
605 FZNT25 KNHC 051511 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1111 AM EDT Wed Jun 5 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 weak Atlantic ridge extends SW into the NE Gulf, and will dominate the basin through the next several days. This pattern will support generally moderate to locally fresh SE to S winds in the western Gulf, fresh to occasionally strong near the Yucatan Peninsula and in the NW Gulf, and gentle to moderate winds in the eastern Gulf through early Thu. On Thu, the ridge will weaken, allowing for winds to diminish somewhat into the weekend. Hazy conditions due to agricultural fires over Central America and Mexico will continue for the next couple of days, reducing visibility to around 1 to 3 nm at times, mainly over the western half of the Gulf. .THIS AFTERNOON...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Haze. Isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Haze. Scattered showers and chance of tstms. .THU...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Chance of showers and isolated tstms. .THU NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Chance of showers and isolated tstms. .FRI...SE winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to NW to N in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to SW after midnight. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...S winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to SE in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...A frontal trough extends from 27.5N55W to near the Windward Passage. A deep-layered upper trough across the W Atlantic and into the north-central Caribbean will shift E-NE across the region through Thu, and maintain active thunderstorms between 55W and 70W that will shift E and NE ahead of the trough. Expect fresh to strong SW winds east of the trough and N of 22N through late afternoon. Weak high pressure will begin to build across the basin in the wake of the trough, then shift slowly E-NE Thu through Fri night. A weak front will move into the far NW waters Sat and stall there Sun. .THIS AFTERNOON...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and SE to S 10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .THU...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and S 5 to 10 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .THU NIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and S 10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .FRI...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft in the afternoon. .FRI NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.