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Offshore Forecast
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589 FZNT25 KNHC 110256 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1056 PM EDT Sat Aug 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...A surface trough extending from the Florida Panhandle SW to the NW Gulf will dissipate overnight. Otherwise, a weak surface ridge will maintain gentle to moderate winds and slight seas through early next week. The north portions of a tropical wave moving across southern Mexico will continue to support scattered showers and thunderstorms across the Bay of Campeche and SW Gulf through Sun. .OVERNIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight. .SUN...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .MON...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED NIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...Atlantic high pressure centered NE of Bermuda extends a ridge southwestward across the Northern Bahamas and central Florida, and will remain in place through Mon, before weakening. This pattern will promote gentle to moderate winds and slight to moderate seas, except for fresh to strong winds during the evening and nighttime hours along the north coast of Hispaniola. A robust tropical wave currently in the central Atlantic has the potential to develop into a tropical depression by the early to middle part of next week while the system approaches and then moves near or over the Lesser Antilles. Then, the system is forecast to move generally W-NW and could approach portions of the Greater Antilles and SE Bahamas by the middle to latter part of next week. Regardless of development, fresh winds and rough seas are forecast for the SE offshore waters from Mon evening, increasing to near gale-force winds across the SE waters to just NE of Puerto Rico on Tue. .OVERNIGHT...S of 27N, E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt after midnight. N of 27N, S winds 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SUN...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and S 5 to 10 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .MON...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and S 5 to 10 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE NIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to N in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. .WED NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the evening, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .THU...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft in the afternoon. .THU NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.