Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS
Issued by NWS
775
FNUS72 KNHC 271723
FWSNHC
SPOT FORECAST FOR Gordon Gunter@41040...NHC/TAFB
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1200 EDT Mon Apr 27 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 EDT on April 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NWS
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER/TROPICAL ANALYSIS AND FORECAST
BRANCH AT (305)229-4425.
.DISCUSSION...Weak high pressure is centered E of Bermuda near 57W
and will shift eastward through mid week. A cold front extends from
31N76W to northeast Florida this morning and will move southeastward
and weaken through Wed morning, reaching from 30N60W to the central Bahamas.
This pattern will maintain moderate E trade winds near buoy 41020 through
Wed morning before winds become SE and weaken slightly through Thu. A mix of
NE swell and E trade wind swell will prevail across the area waters through
Wed afternoon before new N swell moves into the region Wed night through Fri.
Latitude = 14.54N
Longitude = 53.14W
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy (95-100 percent) then becoming partly
sunny (55-65 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 79.
Surface winds (kts).East winds around 14 knots late in the
afternoon.
Swell height........Northeast swell 6 feet.
Wave height.........6 feet late in the afternoon.
Wave height.........6 feet late in the afternoon.
Wave period.........12 SECONDS late in the afternoon.
Wave period.........12 SECONDS late in the afternoon.
Wind wave...........4 feet.
Sea surface temp....79 Degrees Fahrenheit.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........98 98 98 98 98 98 61 61 61 61
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79
SFC wnd dir.....M M M M M M E E E E
SFC wnd spd kts.M M M M M M 14 14 14 14
SFC wnd gst.....M M M M M M 17 17 17 17
Swell direction.M M M M M M NE NE NE NE
Swell hgt (ft)..M M M M M M 6 6 6 6
Wave period (s).M M M M M M 12 12 12 12
Wind wave (ft)..4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Wave height (ft)M M M M M M 6 6 6 6
SST (F).........79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 77.
Surface winds (kts).East winds 14 to 15 knots.
Swell height........Northeast swell 6 feet.
Wave height.........7 feet.
Wave height.........7 feet.
Wave period.........12 SECONDS.
Wave period.........12 SECONDS.
Wind wave...........4 feet.
Sea surface temp....79 Degrees Fahrenheit.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........61 61 90 90 90 90 90 90 100 100 100 100
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............79 79 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78
SFC wnd dir.....E E E E E E E E E E E E
SFC wnd spd kts.14 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 14 14 14 14
SFC wnd gst.....17 17 18 18 18 20 20 20 18 18 18 18
Swell direction.NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
Swell hgt (ft)..6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Wave period (s).12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Wind wave (ft)..4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Wave height (ft)6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 6
SST (F).........79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79
.TUESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent) then becoming partly
sunny (60-70 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 78.
Surface winds (kts).East winds 10 to 15 knots.
Swell height........East swell 6 feet.
Wave height.........7 feet.
Wave height.........7 feet.
Wave period.........12 SECONDS decreasing to 7 SECONDS late in the
afternoon.
Wave period.........12 SECONDS decreasing to 7 SECONDS late in the
afternoon.
Wind wave...........6 feet decreasing to 2 feet late in the
afternoon.
Sea surface temp....79 Degrees Fahrenheit.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........100 100 91 91 91 91 91 91 63 63 63 63
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78 78
SFC wnd dir.....E E E E E E E E E E E E
SFC wnd spd kts.14 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 12 12 12 10
SFC wnd gst.....18 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 16 16 16 14
Swell direction.NE NE E E E E E E E E E E
Swell hgt (ft)..6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Wave period (s).12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 7 7 7 7
Wind wave (ft)..4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 2 2 2 2
Wave height (ft)6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6
SST (F).........79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79 79
$$
Forecaster...STRIPLING
Requested by...Scott Stripling
Type of request...MARINE
.TAG 2611811.0/NHC
.DELDT 04/27/26
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.EMAIL ops.gordon.gunter@noaa.gov, scott.stripling@noaa.gov