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FZNT27 KNHC 091435

OFFN06



NAVTEX Marine Forecast

NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL

1035 AM 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 NW. The cold front will move off the Texas

coast into the northwest Gulf Fri and move SE, stalling 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.

Patchy fog is possible along the northern Gulf coast today.  



Northwest Gulf of Mexico



.THIS AFTERNOON...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon.

Seas 4 to 5 ft. Haze and patchy fog. 

.TONIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Haze and

scattered dense fog. 

.FRI...E winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to NE 10 to 15 kt in the

afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 

.FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 

.SAT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 

.SAT NIGHT...E 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 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 

.MON...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. 

.MON NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.  



North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico



.THIS AFTERNOON...S winds 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas

4 to 6 ft. 

.TONIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of

tstms. 

.FRI...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Chance of tstms. 

.FRI NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 

.SAT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 

.SAT NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. 

.SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding

to 2 ft or less. 

.SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less,

building to 3 ft after midnight. 

.MON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 

.MON NIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.