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FZNT27 KNHC 180906
OFFN06

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
506 AM EDT Sat May 18 2024

...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available
through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed
Coastal Waters Forecasts...

.SYNOPSIS...A weak cold front has stalled across the western
Gulf, from southeastern Louisiana to the extreme NE coast of 
Mexico. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are over the Gulf
waters from Louisiana to Alabama along and north of the front.
The front will shift eastward across the northern Gulf through
early Sun, then stall and weaken gradually through Mon. Upper-
level disturbances moving from W to E across the Gulf coast
states will maintain active weather over the northern Gulf
through the weekend. Elsewhere, moderate to fresh return flow
will dominate the basin through early Sun, pulsing to locally
strong near the Yucatan Peninsula and the Bay of Campeche. Winds
will slightly weaken Sun into early next week as the pressure
gradient relaxes. Meanwhile, areas of haze and smoke due to
agricultural fires in Mexico continue across most of the western
Gulf and Bay of Campeche. Moderate to locally fresh SE return
flow will develop again across the W Gulf Tue and Wed. 

Northwest Gulf of Mexico

.TODAY...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Areas of smoke.
Vsby 3 NM. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SUN...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.MON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TUE...SE winds 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.WED...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.  

North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico

.TODAY...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Areas of smoke.
Vsby 3 NM. Scattered showers and isolated tstms.  
.TONIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to SW after
midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft in S swell. Scattered showers and
isolated tstms. 
.SUN...NW to N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to N after midnight.
Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.MON...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.TUE...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.WED...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft.