Offshore Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
705 FZNT32 KNHC 050134 OFFN21 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 934 PM EDT Fri Oct 4 2024 Marine Weather HF Voice Broadcast for the Gulf of Mexico Seas given as significant wave height, which is the average height of the highest 1/3 of the waves. Individual waves may be more than twice the significant wave height. .SYNOPSIS...Gusty winds and locally rough seas are active near numerous showers and thunderstorms persisting over portions of the SW Gulf, near a broad area of area of low pressure. This pattern will maintain fresh to strong NW winds off the coast of Veracruz through at least Sat. The low pressure may continue to develop over the next several days, supporting moderate to fresh winds across the northern and western Gulf through Sat night. Looking ahead, the low pressure may develop further as moves eastward or northeastward across the Gulf of Mexico, to the south of a frontal boundary moving into the northern Gulf. The low may develop into a tropical or subtropical depression or storm late this weekend or early next week as it moves into the eastern Gulf. Regardless of development, increasing winds and building seas are forecast including behind the frontal boundary and near the low with thunderstorms increasing in activity and potentially impacting most of the basin. Gulf of Mexico N of 26N W of 87W .OVERNIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TUE...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .WED...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Gulf of Mexico from 22N to 26N W of 87W .OVERNIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT...E winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to SE in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN...SE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TUE...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .WED...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .WED NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. SW Gulf of Mexico S of 22N W of 87W .OVERNIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and S less than 10 kt elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, and 3 ft elsewhere. .SAT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...Within 60 nm of coast of Veracruz, NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Elsewhere, W winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...W winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...W winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .TUE...NW winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 10 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .WED...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Gulf of Mexico E of 87W .OVERNIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt, diminishing to less than 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 ft. .SUN...S winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN NIGHT...S winds less than 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...S winds less than 10 kt, increasing to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming SE 10 to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE...S winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...W winds 15 to 25 kt, shifting to N after midnight. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .WED...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .WED NIGHT...N winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft.