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NAVTEX Marine Forecast (New Orleans, LA)



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FZNT27 KNHC 092009
OFFN06

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
409 PM 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 northwest. The cold front will move off the
Texas coast into the northwest Gulf Fri and move southeast,
stall 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.  

Northwest Gulf of Mexico

.TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Visibility to 2
nm in haze.
.FRI...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. 
.SAT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SUN...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.MON...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TUE...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to E to SE in the
afternoon. Seas 4 to 5 ft in SE swell. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.  

North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico

.TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Chance of tstms.
.FRI...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Chance of tstms. 
.FRI NIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to NW to N after
midnight. Seas 4 to 5 ft. 
.SAT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.MON...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TUE...S to SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.