2NM W Sanibel FL

Synopsis: Southwest to west winds are running around 15 knots and seas at the few reporting stations in the eastern Gulf are running between 2 and 3 feet. Do not plan to introduce headlines, but numerous showers and scattered storms this morning will produce briefly strong wind gusts and choppy seas. Southwesterly winds of 15 knots will gradually shift to southerly and diminish Wednesday and Thursday as the surface ridge of high pressure lifts northward over the waters. Showers and storms will continue over the waters, especially during the overnight and early morning hours. The area of disturbed weather in the Bay of Campeche should stay put through Wednesday or so, then lift slowly northward through the central or Western Gulf later in the week.