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Offshore Forecast
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324 FZNT32 KNHC 200842 OFFN21 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 442 AM EDT Thu Jun 20 2024 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast for the Gulf of Mexico Seas given as significant wave height, which is the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves. Individual waves may be more than twice the significant wave height. Synopsis for the Gulf of Mexico .SYNOPSIS...Tropical Storm Alberto is near 22.3N 97.3W at 5 AM EDT, and is moving west at 11 kt. Maximum sustained winds are 45 kt with gusts to 55 kt, and the minimum central pressure is 993 mb. Alberto will move inland and weaken to a tropical depression near 22.1N 100.6W this afternoon, and dissipate Fri morning. Another broad area of low pressure is forecast to form near the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico on Friday. Environmental conditions appear to be conducive for gradual development thereafter, and this system could become a tropical depression over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico this weekend while it moves slowly west-northwestward or northwestward. Gulf of Mexico N of 26N W of 87W .TODAY...E winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft. .TONIGHT...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .FRI...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SAT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Gulf of Mexico from 22N to 26N W of 87W ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .TODAY...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. E winds 30 to 40 kt, diminishing to 20 to 30 kt in the afternoon. Seas 9 to 14 ft. .TONIGHT...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .FRI...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SAT...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SUN...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. SW Gulf of Mexico S of 22N W of 87W ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .TODAY...SE winds 20 to 30 kt within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and E 20 to 30 kt elsewhere. Seas 7 to 10 ft within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and 5 to 7 ft elsewhere. .TONIGHT...E winds 15 to 25 kt within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and E 20 to 30 kt elsewhere. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .FRI...E winds 10 to 20 kt within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and E 15 to 25 kt elsewhere. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and E 20 to 30 kt elsewhere. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SAT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and SE 10 to 20 kt elsewhere. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 30 kt within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and SE 15 to 25 kt elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN...SW winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, SW winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to SE in the afternoon. Elsewhere, SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Gulf of Mexico E of 87W .TODAY...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .FRI...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SAT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...SE winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less.