856
FZNT25 KNHC 011534
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1134 AM EDT Wed May 1 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...Surface ridging continue to dominates the Gulf
waters, and a weak pressure gradient support gentle to moderate
E to SE across the western half of the basin and light to gentle
winds elsewhere. The pressure gradient between the ridge and
lower pressures in Texas and Mexico will tighten, and fresh to
strong pulsing winds in the western half of the Gulf will
develop tonight into the weekend. Moderate or weaker winds will
prevail in the eastern half of the basin. Winds will pulse to
strong speeds nightly near and to the NW of the Yucatan
Peninsula due to local effects induced by a thermal trough.

.THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.TONIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.THU...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.THU NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.FRI...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SAT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SUN...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A 1021 mb high pressure SW of Bermuda and its
associated ridge extends across the SW Atlantic and supports
moderate to fresh easterly winds S of 25N, including the
approaches to the Windward Passage. The ridge is expected to
slide eastward and weaken on Thu while a surface trough develops
just N of Hispaniola. The pressure gradient between the ridge and
the trough will support E-SE winds of the same magnitude E of the
trough and NE-E moderate to fresh winds W of the trough. The
trough will also amplify the area of showers and tstms currently
affecting the central Bahamas and the Great Bahama Bank. The
trough is forecast to become a weak low, which will track NE Fri
through Sat, and open back into a trough while exiting the area
Sat afternoon. Locally strong and gusty winds are possible to
develop in the northern semicircle of the low within this period.

.THIS AFTERNOON...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms.
.TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and SE 5 to 10 kt N of
27N. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.THU...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and E 5 to 10 kt N of
27N. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less.
.THU NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and E 10 to
15 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 ft.
.FRI...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SAT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SUN...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.