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Coastal Waters Forecast
National Weather Service New Orleans LA
341 PM CDT Wed Sep 18 2024

Pascagoula to Atchafalaya River out to 60 NM

Seas are provided as a range of the average height of the highest
1/3 of the waves...along with the occasional height of the average
highest 10 percent of the waves.

GMZ500-GMZ501-190915-
341 PM CDT Wed Sep 18 2024

.SYNOPSIS FOR PASCAGOULA TO ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 60 NM...

A broad area of high pressure will be centered over the waters
through Friday, and this will keep winds and seas very calm. The high
will shift more inland by the weekend, and this will result in a
slightly stronger easterly flow of 10 to 15 knots forming. Seas will
respond and increase to 2 to 4 feet by Sunday.

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GMZ530-190915-
Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas-
341 PM CDT Wed Sep 18 2024

.THIS AFTERNOON...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or
less.
.TONIGHT...South winds around 5 knots, becoming west around 5 knots
after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less.
.THURSDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots, becoming west
around 5 knots after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less.
.FRIDAY...North winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...South winds around 5 knots, becoming west around
5 knots after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less.
.SATURDAY...North winds around 5 knots, becoming east in the
afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or
less.
.SUNDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or
less.

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GMZ534-190915-
Lake Borgne-
341 PM CDT Wed Sep 18 2024

.THIS AFTERNOON...South winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.
A slight chance of rain.
.TONIGHT...South winds around 5 knots, becoming west around 5 knots
after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. A slight chance of rain in the
evening.
.THURSDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming south around
5 knots in the afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...West winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.
.FRIDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east in the afternoon.
Waves 1 foot or less.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...South winds around 5 knots, becoming west after
midnight. Waves 1 foot or less.
.SATURDAY...North winds around 5 knots, becoming east in the
afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or
less.
.SUNDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.

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GMZ532-190915-
Mississippi Sound-
341 PM CDT Wed Sep 18 2024

.THIS AFTERNOON...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or
less. A slight chance of rain.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.
.THURSDAY...North winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest around
5 knots in the afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. A slight chance of
rain in the afternoon.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...West winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.
.FRIDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast in the
afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots, becoming northwest
after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less.
.SATURDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast in
the afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or
less.
.SUNDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast in the
afternoon. Waves around 2 feet.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.

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GMZ536-538-190915-
Chandeleur Sound-Breton Sound-
341 PM CDT Wed Sep 18 2024

.THIS AFTERNOON...South winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.
.TONIGHT...South winds around 5 knots, becoming west around 5 knots
after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less.
.THURSDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northeast in the
afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots, becoming west
after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less.
.FRIDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east in the afternoon.
Waves 1 foot or less.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...South winds around 5 knots, becoming west after
midnight. Waves 1 foot or less.
.SATURDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east in the
afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or
less.
.SUNDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less, then
around 2 feet in the afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.

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GMZ555-557-190915-
Coastal Waters from Boothville LA to Southwest Pass of the
Mississippi River out 20 nm-
Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island out 20 NM-
341 PM CDT Wed Sep 18 2024

.THIS AFTERNOON...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less.
.TONIGHT...South winds around 5 knots, becoming west around 5 knots
after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less.
.THURSDAY...North winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: Northwest 1 foot at 2 seconds.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots, becoming west
after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less.
.FRIDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northeast in the
afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Northwest 1 foot at
2 seconds.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
.SATURDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 2 seconds.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less, then around 2 feet after midnight. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at
3 seconds, becoming east 1 foot at 4 seconds.
.SUNDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail:
East 2 feet at 4 seconds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 4 seconds.

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GMZ550-552-190915-
Coastal Waters from Port Fourchon LA to Lower Atchafalaya River LA
out 20 nm-
Coastal waters from the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River to
Port Fourchon Louisiana out 20 NM-
341 PM CDT Wed Sep 18 2024

.THIS AFTERNOON...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less.
.TONIGHT...South winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
.THURSDAY...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming west
after midnight. Seas 1 foot or less.
.FRIDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northeast in the
afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: North 1 foot at
2 seconds.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
.SATURDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: East 1 foot at 2 seconds.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet. Wave
Detail: East 2 feet at 3 seconds.
.SUNDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 to 2 feet. Wave Detail:
Southeast 2 feet at 4 seconds.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots, becoming southeast 5 to
10 knots after midnight. Seas around 2 feet. Wave Detail: East
2 feet at 4 seconds.

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GMZ575-577-190915-
Coastal Waters from Stake Island LA to Southwest Pass of the
Mississippi River from 20 to 60 nm-
Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island Louisiana
out 20 to 60 NM-
341 PM CDT Wed Sep 18 2024

.THIS AFTERNOON...North winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest after
midnight. Seas 1 foot or less.
.THURSDAY...North winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: North 1 foot at 2 seconds. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...North winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: North 1 foot at 2 seconds.
.FRIDAY...North winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: North 1 foot at 2 seconds.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds.
.SATURDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 4 seconds.
.SUNDAY...East winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave
Detail: East 2 feet at 5 seconds. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds around 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave
Detail: East 2 feet at 4 seconds. A slight chance of showers.

Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.

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GMZ570-572-190915-
Coastal waters from Port Fourchon Louisiana to Lower Atchafalaya
River LA from 20 to 60 NM-
Coastal waters from Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River to Port
Fourchon Louisiana from 20 to 60 NM-
341 PM CDT Wed Sep 18 2024

.THIS AFTERNOON...Northeast winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or
less. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at 3 seconds.
.TONIGHT...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: East 1 foot at 3 seconds.
.THURSDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...East winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.
Wave Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds.
.FRIDAY...Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: North 1 foot at 3 seconds.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave
Detail: Northeast 1 foot at 3 seconds.
.SATURDAY...East winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less, then
around 2 feet in the afternoon. Wave Detail: East 1 foot at
3 seconds, becoming east 2 feet at 3 seconds.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
Wave Detail: East 2 feet at 4 seconds.
.SUNDAY...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas around 2 feet. Wave
Detail: East 2 feet at 5 seconds. A slight chance of showers in the
afternoon.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East winds 10 to 15 knots. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Wave
Detail: East 3 feet at 5 seconds. A slight chance of showers.

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