Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
706 FZNT25 KNHC 121451 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1051 AM EDT Wed Jun 12 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...An elongated area of low pressure over the Florida peninsula is producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms. This system is forecast to move northeastward offshore of the U.S. Southeast coast tonight through late week. As a result, unsettled weather in the form of numerous showers and thunderstorms with gusty winds will persist over the eastern Gulf through Fri night as a trough lingers over the Gulf. Hazy conditions due to agricultural fires over Mexico will continue to affect the western Gulf reducing visibility to around 3 nm at times through at least the next couple of days. Looking ahead, a broad area of low pressure could form over the weekend across the southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Environmental conditions appear conducive for some slow development early next week while the system moves slowly westward or west-northwestward. .THIS AFTERNOON...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .THU...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered tstms. .THU NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .FRI...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...An elongated area of low pressure over the Florida peninsula is producing a large area of disorganized showers and thunderstorms. Although upper-level winds are expected to be only marginally conducive, some slow development is possible while the system moves northeastward offshore of the U.S. Southeast coast tonight through late week. Unsettled weather in the form of numerous showers and thunderstorms, with gusty winds and higher seas, are over most of the western part of the forecast waters W of 70W. Expect for little change with this convective activity into the end of the week. Fresh to strong southerly winds are expected over the western Atlantic ahead of this system during the next couple of days. .THIS AFTERNOON...S of 27N, S winds 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. N of 27N, S winds 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Numerous showers and scattered tstms. .TONIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and S 20 to 25 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .THU...SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and S to SW 15 to 20 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .THU NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and S to SW 15 to 20 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .FRI...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .FRI NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.