Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
338 FZNT25 KNHC 121911 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 311 PM 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 continues to produce 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. As a result, unsettled weather in the form of numerous showers and thunderstorms with gusty winds will persist over the SE Gulf through at least Fri as a trough lingers over the Gulf waters. 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. Increasing winds and building seas are expected with this system. .TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Scattered showers. .THU...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .THU NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Scattered showers. .FRI...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered tstms. .FRI NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to W to NW 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight. .SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON 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 continues to produce 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, mainly W of 70W. Expect for little change with this convective activity through at least Fri. Fresh to strong southerly winds are expected over the western Atlantic ahead of this system during the next couple of days. .TONIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and S to SW 20 to 25 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered 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. .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. .FRI...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered tstms. .FRI NIGHT...SW to W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the evening, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .SAT...SW winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to N in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON NIGHT...E winds 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.