Gulf of Mexico Weather
National Hurricane Center Miami
500
FZNT25 KNHC 010250
OFFN04
NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1050 PM EDT Tue Apr 30 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 ridge dominates the Gulf waters producing
gentle to moderate E to SE winds. The pressure gradient between
the ridge and lower pressures in Texas and Mexico will support
fresh to strong pulsing winds in the western half of the Gulf
Wed night 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.
.OVERNIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 2 ft or
less.
.WED...NE to E 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...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 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 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 ft.
.SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida
.SYNOPSIS...A 1021 mb high pressure system located between
Bermuda and the Bahamas dominates the western Atlantic. Fresh to
strong SW to W winds and seas up to 10 ft are affecting the
waters N of 28N and E of 60W. These marine conditions will slide
eastward as a cold front moves across the NE waters tonight and
Wed while weakening. Moderate to fresh easterly winds will
continue over the waters S of 22N and W of 60W through Wed,
including in the approaches of the Windward Passage. The high
pressure will move eastward while slowly weakening. A surface
trough may develop just N of Hispaniola over the next 48 hours and
move east toward the waters just north of Puerto Rico by the end
of the work week.
.OVERNIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms.
.WED...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers
and isolated tstms.
.WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.THU...E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and E 5 to 10 kt N of 27N.
Seas 2 ft or less.
.THU NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to
3 ft after midnight.
.FRI...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding
to 2 ft or less.
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to
3 to 4 ft after midnight.
.SAT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SUN...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
