458
FZNT27 KNHC 091435
OFFN06

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1035 AM EDT Thu May 9 2024

...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available
through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed
Coastal Waters Forecasts...

.SYNOPSIS...Mainly fresh SE winds will prevail across much of
the Gulf through tonight, ahead of a cold front slowly
approaching from the NW. The cold front will move off the Texas
coast into the northwest Gulf Fri and move SE, stalling from
south Texas to the Straits of Florida on Sun, then weaken and
drift northward.  Moderate to locally fresh NE winds will follow
the front into Sat evening. Haze due to agricultural fires in
southeastern Mexico persists across most of the western Gulf.
Patchy fog is possible along the northern Gulf coast today.

Northwest Gulf of Mexico

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon.
Seas 4 to 5 ft. Haze and patchy fog.
.TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Haze and
scattered dense fog.
.FRI...E winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to NE 10 to 15 kt in the
afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SAT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 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...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.MON...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft.
.MON NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.

North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico

.THIS AFTERNOON...S winds 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas
4 to 6 ft.
.TONIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of
tstms.
.FRI...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of tstms.
.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SAT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding
to 2 ft or less.
.SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less,
building to 3 ft after midnight.
.MON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.MON NIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.