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Coastal Waters Forecast for South Florida
National Weather Service Miami FL
1022 AM EDT Sat Sep 26 2020

Atlantic coastal waters from Jupiter Inlet to Ocean Reef out to 60
nm and Gulf coastal waters from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee out
20 nm and Chokoloskee to Bonita Beach out 60 nm...including the
waters of Biscayne Bay and Lake Okeechobee.

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.

AMZ600-GMZ606-270330-
Synopsis for Jupiter Inlet to Ocean Reef FL out to 60 nm and for East
Cape Sable to Bonita Beach FL out to 60 nm-
1022 AM EDT Sat Sep 26 2020

.SYNOPSIS...
High pressure aloft is forecast to keep a light wind over the
area, with showers and thunderstorms possible through the
beginning of the week. By mid next week, a cold front moves into
the area and stalls, keeping the chance for showers and
thunderstorms in the forecast through at least the remainder of
the week.

.GULF STREAM HAZARDS...None.

The approximate location of the west wall of the Gulf Stream as of
Sep 26, 2020 at 1200 UTC...

  9 nautical miles southeast of Fowey Rocks.
 13 nautical miles east northeast of Port Everglades.
  9 nautical miles northeast of Lake Worth.
  7 nautical miles east northeast of Jupiter Inlet.

This data courtesy of the Naval Oceanographic Office.

$$

AMZ650-670-270330-
Coastal waters from Jupiter Inlet to Deerfield Beach FL out
20 NM-
Waters from Jupiter Inlet to Deerfield Beach FL from 20 to 60 NM-
1022 AM EDT Sat Sep 26 2020

.REST OF TODAY...Along the coast, south southwest winds 5 knots
becoming southeast around 5 knots. In the Gulf Stream, southwest
winds 5 to 10 knots becoming southeast. Seas around 2 feet.
Period 9 seconds. Intracoastal waters a light chop. Slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.TONIGHT...South southeast winds 5 knots. Seas less than 2 feet.
Period 4 seconds. Intracoastal waters smooth. Slight chance of
showers.
.SUNDAY...East southeast winds 10 knots. Seas less than 2 feet.
Period 4 seconds. Intracoastal waters a light chop. Slight
chance of showers in the morning. Slight chance of thunderstorms
. Chance of showers.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas less than
2 feet. Period 4 seconds. Intracoastal waters a light chop.
Slight chance of thunderstorms late in the evening. Chance of
showers through the night.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas less than 2 feet.
Intracoastal waters a light chop. Chance of showers through the
day. Slight chance of thunderstorms.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds around 10 knots. Seas less than
2 feet. Intracoastal waters a light chop. Slight chance of
showers.
.TUESDAY...South southeast winds around 10 knots. In the Gulf
Stream, gusts up to 20 knots. Seas less than 2 feet.
Intracoastal waters a light chop. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then chance of showers and
thunderstorms.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds around 10 knots. Seas less than
2 feet. Intracoastal waters a light chop. Chance of
thunderstorms late in the evening. Chance of showers through the
night. Slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight.
.WEDNESDAY...South winds around 10 knots. Seas less than 2 feet.
Intracoastal waters a light chop. Chance of showers and slight
chance of thunderstorms in the morning, then showers likely and
chance of thunderstorms.

$$

AMZ651-671-270330-
Coastal waters from Deerfield Beach to Ocean Reef FL out 20 NM-
Waters from Deerfield Beach to Ocean Reef FL from 20 to 60 NM
excluding the territorial waters of Bahamas-
1022 AM EDT Sat Sep 26 2020

.REST OF TODAY...South winds 10 knots. Seas around 2 feet.
Period 4 seconds. Intracoastal waters a light chop. Chance of
showers and thunderstorms.
.TONIGHT...South winds 5 knots. Seas less than 2 feet. Period
4 seconds. Intracoastal waters smooth. Chance of thunderstorms
late in the evening. Chance of showers through the night.
.SUNDAY...East southeast winds 5 knots. Seas less than 2 feet.
Period 4 seconds. Intracoastal waters smooth. Slight chance of
showers in the morning. Slight chance of thunderstorms through
the day. Chance of showers.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas less
than 2 feet. Period 3 seconds. Intracoastal waters a light chop.
Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms late in the
evening, then slight chance of showers after midnight.
.MONDAY...East southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas less than
2 feet. Intracoastal waters a light chop. Slight chance of
showers in the morning, then chance of showers.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas less than
2 feet. Intracoastal waters a light chop. Slight chance of
showers through the night. Slight chance of thunderstorms after
midnight.
.TUESDAY...South southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas less than
2 feet. Intracoastal waters a light chop. Slight chance of
showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then chance of showers
and thunderstorms.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas less than
2 feet. Intracoastal waters a light chop. Chance of showers and
slight chance of thunderstorms.
.WEDNESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Along the coast, gusts
up to 20 knots. Seas less than 2 feet. Intracoastal waters a
light chop. Chance of showers in the morning. Chance of
thunderstorms. Showers likely.

$$

AMZ630-270330-
Biscayne Bay-
1022 AM EDT Sat Sep 26 2020

.REST OF TODAY...South southwest winds around 5 knots. Bay
waters smooth. Showers likely and chance of thunderstorms.
.TONIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots becoming west 5 knots
after midnight. Bay waters smooth. Chance of thunderstorms late
in the evening. Chance of showers through the night.
.SUNDAY...East southeast winds 5 knots. Bay waters smooth.
Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...East southeast winds around 5 knots. Bay waters
smooth. Slight chance of thunderstorms late in the evening.
Chance of showers through the night.
.MONDAY...East southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters a light
chop. Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters a
light chop. Slight chance of showers.
.TUESDAY...South southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters a
light chop. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
morning, then chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters a light
chop. Chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the evening.
.WEDNESDAY...South southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Bay waters a
light chop. Chance of showers in the morning. Chance of
thunderstorms. Showers likely.

$$

GMZ656-657-270330-
Coastal waters from Chokoloskee to Bonita Beach FL out 20 NM-
Coastal waters from East Cape Sable to Chokoloskee FL out 20 NM-
1022 AM EDT Sat Sep 26 2020

.REST OF TODAY...West southwest winds around 5 knots. Seas less
than 2 feet. Period 6 seconds. Bay and inland waters smooth.
Chance of showers in the morning. Slight chance of thunderstorms
. Slight chance of showers.
.TONIGHT...Northwest winds 5 knots. Seas less than 2 feet.
Period 5 seconds. Bay and inland waters smooth. Slight chance of
showers.
.SUNDAY...North northwest winds 5 knots becoming west southwest.
Seas less than 2 feet. Period 5 seconds. Bay and inland waters
smooth. Chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Northeast winds around 5 knots becoming east
southeast after midnight. Seas less than 2 feet. Period
5 seconds. Bay and inland waters smooth. Slight chance of
thunderstorms late in the evening. Chance of showers through the
night.
.MONDAY...South southeast winds around 5 knots. Seas less than
2 feet. Bay and inland waters smooth. Slight chance of
thunderstorms in the morning. Chance of showers.
Chance of thunderstorms.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas less than
2 feet. Bay and inland waters a light chop. Chance of showers.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...South southwest winds 5 to 10 knots
with gusts to around 20 knots. Seas less than 2 feet. Bay and
inland waters a light chop. Slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the morning, then chance of showers and
thunderstorms.
.WEDNESDAY...West southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming west
northwest in the evening. Seas 2 to 3 feet. Bay and inland
waters a light chop. Chance of showers and thunderstorms.

$$

GMZ676-270330-
Waters from Chokoloskee to Bonita Beach FL from 20 to 60 NM-
1022 AM EDT Sat Sep 26 2020

.REST OF TODAY...West southwest winds around 5 knots becoming
west northwest 5 knots. Seas less than 2 feet. Period 6 seconds.
.TONIGHT...North northwest winds 5 knots late in the evening
becoming variable winds less than 5 knots. Seas less than
2 feet. Period 5 seconds. Slight chance of showers after
midnight.
.SUNDAY...Variable winds 5 knots or less becoming west northwest
5 knots. Seas less than 2 feet. Period 5 seconds. Slight chance
of showers in the morning. Slight chance of thunderstorms
. Chance of showers.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...North northeast winds around 5 knots becoming
east southeast after midnight. Seas less than 2 feet. Period
4 seconds. Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms.
.MONDAY...Southeast winds around 5 knots. Seas less than 2 feet.
Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas less than
2 feet. Chance of showers.
.TUESDAY...South southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas less than
2 feet. Chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas less than
2 feet. Chance of showers and thunderstorms.
.WEDNESDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots with gusts to around
20 knots. Seas 2 to 4 feet with occasional seas to 5 feet.
Chance of showers and thunderstorms.

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AMZ610-270330-
Lake Okeechobee-
1022 AM EDT Sat Sep 26 2020

.REST OF TODAY...Southwest winds 5 knots becoming east. Lake
waters smooth. Chance of showers in the morning. Chance of
thunderstorms. Showers likely.
.TONIGHT...East winds 5 knots. Lake waters smooth. Chance of
showers and thunderstorms late in the evening. Slight chance of
showers after midnight.
.SUNDAY...East winds 10 knots. Lake waters a light chop. Chance
of showers and thunderstorms.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Lake waters a
light chop. Slight chance of thunderstorms late in the evening.
Slight chance of showers through the night.
.MONDAY...East southeast winds 5 knots. Lake waters smooth.
Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then
showers likely and chance of thunderstorms.
.MONDAY NIGHT...South southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Lake waters
a light chop.
.TUESDAY...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Lake waters a light chop.
Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then
showers and thunderstorms likely.
.TUESDAY NIGHT...South southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Lake
waters a light chop. Chance of showers and thunderstorms late in
the evening.
.WEDNESDAY...West southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming
northwest in the evening. Lake waters a light chop. Slight
chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then showers
likely and chance of thunderstorms.

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