Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
519 FZNT25 KNHC 102022 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 422 PM EDT Wed Jul 10 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...The tail of a stationary front will dissipate over the NE Gulf of Mexico tonight and weak high pressure will develop, providing light to gentle variable winds across most of the basin N of 24N through Sun night. A surface trough will move off the Yucatan Peninsula into the Bay of Campeche every night through Sun, supporting moderate to fresh NE to E winds and moderate seas over the SW Gulf of Mexico. Otherwise, moderate to locally fresh easterlies are likely to develop across the Florida Straits and portions of the SE basin the next several nights. .TONIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU...SE winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to NE to E in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .FRI...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 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 2 ft or less. .MON...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...A broad trough of low pressure located off the southeastern U.S. coast from 31N77W to 29N75W is currently producing scattered showers and thunderstorms across the Florida and northern Bahamas offshore waters. Environmental conditions appear only marginally favorable for some additional development of this system over the next couple of days before it moves inland over the SE U.S. by this weekend. Regardless of development, moderate to fresh SE winds and moderate seas will affect the offshore waters between 64W and 80W through Fri night. Shower activity associated with this system will also prevail in this region through Thu night. Gentle to moderate E to SE winds elsewhere will reach moderate to fresh speeds tonight into Sat night due to a strengthening Azores-Bermuda High and the passage of two tropical waves over the eastern and central Caribbean. Locally strong winds and rough seas are likely for Puerto Rico and Hispaniola adjacent waters Thu night into Sat. .TONIGHT...NW to N winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to S after midnight. Seas 3 ft in the evening, subsiding to 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .THU...S of 27N, E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to N to NE in the afternoon. N of 27N, W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft in the afternoon. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .THU NIGHT...S of 27N, N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to SE after midnight. N of 27N, W winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to S 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 3 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .FRI...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and S 10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .FRI NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E to SE 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 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.