Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
992 FZNT27 KNHC 180303 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1103 PM EDT Fri May 17 2024 ...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed Coastal Waters Forecasts... .SYNOPSIS...A weak cold front has stalled across the western Gulf, from southeastern Louisiana to the coast along the Texas-Mexico border. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are over the Gulf waters of NE Texas and Louisiana to the north of the front. The front will shift eastward across the northern Gulf through early Sun, then stall and weaken gradually through Mon. Upper-level disturbances moving from W to E across the Gulf coast states will maintain active weather over the northern Gulf through the weekend. Elsewhere, moderate to fresh return flow will dominate the basin, except pulsing to locally strong near the Yucatan Peninsula and the Bay of Campeche through Sat night. Winds will slightly weaken Sun into early next week as the pressure gradient relaxes. Meanwhile, areas of haze and smoke due to agricultural fires in Mexico continue across most of the western Gulf and Bay of Campeche. Northwest Gulf of Mexico .OVERNIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Areas of smoke. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. Vsby 2 NM. .SAT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Areas of smoke. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in SE swell. .SUN...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft in SE swell. .SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico .OVERNIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Areas of smoke. Isolated tstms. Vsby 2 NM. .SAT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Areas of smoke. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT NIGHT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S swell. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SUN...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft in S swell. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SUN NIGHT...SW to W winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to N to NE after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft in S swell. .MON...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the evening, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .TUE...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft in the afternoon. .WED NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the evening, subsiding to 2 ft or less.