Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
537 FZNT27 KNHC 171438 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1038 AM EDT Mon Jun 17 2024 ...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed Coastal Waters Forecasts... .SYNOPSIS...A Central American Gyre is currently over southern Mexico and Central America. The gyre center is expected to persist through the middle of this week, while shifting W to WNW into the SW Gulf of Mexico. Showers and thunderstorms across the SE Gulf, along with winds to gale-force and rough seas, are expected to continue over the W Gulf with this system. Environmental conditions appear conducive for a tropical cyclone to develop from this broad circulation, and a tropical depression or tropical storm is likely to form by midweek while it moves toward the western Gulf coast. Northwest Gulf of Mexico ...GALE WARNING TONIGHT THRU TUE NIGHT... ...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE WED AND WED NIGHT... .THIS AFTERNOON...E to SE winds 20 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...E to SE winds 20 to 35 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in SE swell. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TUE...E winds 20 to 35 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft in SE swell. Numerous showers and scattered tstms. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 20 to 35 kt. Seas 10 to 15 ft in E to SE swell. Scattered tstms. .WED...E to SE winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 10 to 14 ft in E to SE swell. .WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft in E to SE swell. .THU...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft in E to SE swell. .THU NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in E swell. .FRI...E winds 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in E swell. .FRI NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico .THIS AFTERNOON...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TONIGHT...E to SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .TUE...E to SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in SE swell. .TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in SE swell. .WED...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in E to SE swell. .WED NIGHT...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in E to SE swell. .THU...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .THU NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .FRI...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.