226 FZNT24 KNHC 140208 OFFNT4 Offshore Waters Forecast for the Gulf of Mexico NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 908 PM EST Wed Dec 13 2023 Offshore Waters Forecast 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. GMZ001-141415- Synopsis for the Gulf of Mexico 908 PM EST Wed Dec 13 2023 .SYNOPSIS...Strong high pressure building across the eastern United States will support fresh to strong winds over the eastern Gulf. The areal coverage of the fresh to strong winds will increase to the NW Gulf by early Thursday. A large area of near gale to gale force winds will develop over the north central and east sections of the basin Thu through Fri. Low pressure will develop N of the Yucatan Peninsula Fri night into Sat and then track northeastward across central Florida Sat night into Sun morning. A cold front will move into the western Gulf Sat, with strong to near gale force winds and rough seas. The front will merge with the area of low pressure by Sat night and exit the basin Sun morning. $$ GMZ040-141415- NW Gulf including Stetson Bank- 908 PM EST Wed Dec 13 2023 .OVERNIGHT...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in E swell. Scattered to numerous showers. .THU...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in E swell. Scattered showers. .THU NIGHT...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft in E swell. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .FRI...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in E swell. Scattered showers. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to N to NE late. Seas 7 to 10 ft in E swell. .SAT...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in E swell. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft in E swell. .SUN...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in E swell. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in E swell. .MON...N winds 10 kt early in the morning, becoming variable less than 5 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft in E swell. .MON NIGHT...Variable winds less than 5 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. $$ GMZ041-141415- SW Louisiana Offshore Waters including Flower Garden Bank Marine Sanctuary- 908 PM EST Wed Dec 13 2023 .OVERNIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in E swell. .THU...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft in E swell. Scattered showers. .THU NIGHT...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft in E swell. Scattered thunderstorms. .FRI...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft in E swell. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft W of 92W, and 9 to 13 ft E of 92W. .SAT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft in E swell. .SAT NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft in E to SE swell. .SUN...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in E swell. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in E swell. .MON...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. $$ GMZ056-141415- N Central Gulf Offshore Waters- 908 PM EST Wed Dec 13 2023 ...GALE WARNING N OF 27N... .OVERNIGHT...NE to E winds 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft in E swell. .THU...NE to E winds 25 to 30 kt, except with frequent gusts to 35 kt N of 27N. Seas 8 to 12 ft. .THU NIGHT...E winds 25 to 30 kt, except with frequent gusts to 35 kt N of 27N. Seas 9 to 13 ft. Scattered showers. .FRI...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft in E swell. Scattered thunderstorms. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft. .SAT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt W of 89W, and E 20 to 25 kt E of 89W. Seas 9 to 13 ft in E to SE swell. .SAT NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt W of 89W, and NE 20 to 25 kt E of 89W. Seas 9 to 13 ft in E to SE swell. .SUN...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft in NE to E swell. .SUN NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in NE swell. .MON...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. $$ GMZ057-141415- NE Gulf N of 26N E of 87W- 908 PM EST Wed Dec 13 2023 ...GALE WARNING N OF 28N... .OVERNIGHT...NE to E winds 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NE swell. .THU...NE to E winds 25 to 30 kt, except with frequent gusts to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft. .THU NIGHT...NE to E winds 25 to 30 k, except with frequent gusts to 35 kt N of 28N. Seas 9 to 13 ft. .FRI...E winds 25 to 30 kt, except with frequent gusts to 35 kt in the morning. Seas 9 to 13 ft. Scattered showers. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft. .SAT...E winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft in E to SE swell. .SUN...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft in N swell. .SUN NIGHT...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft in N swell. .MON...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in NW to N swell. .MON NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. $$ GMZ058-141415- W Central Gulf from 22N to 26N W of 94W- 908 PM EST Wed Dec 13 2023 .OVERNIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in E swell. Scattered showers. .THU...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NE to E swell. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .THU NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft in NE to E swell. Scattered showers. .FRI...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NE to E swell. Scattered showers. .FRI NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NE to E swell. .SAT...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NE to E swell. .SAT NIGHT...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft in N to NE swell. .SUN...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in N to NE swell. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in NE to E swell. .MON...N winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in NE to E swell. .MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. $$ GMZ045-141415- W Central Gulf from 22N to 26N between 91W and 94W- 908 PM EST Wed Dec 13 2023 .OVERNIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NE to E swell. Scattered showers. .THU...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft in NE to E swell. Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms. .THU NIGHT...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft in NE to E swell. Scattered thunderstorms. .FRI...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft in NE to E swell. Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft in NE to E swell. .SAT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft in NE to E swell. .SAT NIGHT...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft in E swell. .SUN...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft in NW swell. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in NE to E swell. .MON...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in NE to E swell. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in NE to E swell. $$ GMZ046-141415- Central Gulf from 22N to 26N between 87W and 91W- 908 PM EST Wed Dec 13 2023 .OVERNIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft in NE to E swell. Scattered showers. .THU...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft in NE to E swell. Numerous showers and thunderstorms. .THU NIGHT...E winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft in NE to E swell. Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms. .FRI...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft in NE to E swell. Numerous showers and scattered thunderstorms. .FRI NIGHT...S of 24N, E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to SW late. N of 24N, E winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft S of 24N, and 9 to 14 ft N of 24N. .SAT...S of 24N, W to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. N of 24N, N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft S of 24N, and 9 to 13 ft N of 24N. .SUN...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft in NE swell. .SUN NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in N to NE swell. .MON...NW to N winds 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in N to NE swell. .MON NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in N to NE swell. $$ GMZ047-141415- SE Gulf from 22N to 26N E of 87W including Straits of Florida- 908 PM EST Wed Dec 13 2023 .OVERNIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft in NE swell. Scattered showers. .THU...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft in NE swell. Scattered showers. .THU NIGHT...NE to E winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft in NE to E swell. Scattered thunderstorms. .FRI...E winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft in NE to E swell. Scattered thunderstorms. .FRI NIGHT...E to SE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft S of 24N, and 9 to 14 ft N of 24N. .SAT...SE to S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft S of 24N, and 9 to 13 ft N of 24N. .SAT NIGHT...SW to W winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft S of 24N, and 9 to 13 ft N of 24N. .SUN...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft in NW swell. .SUN NIGHT...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft in N swell. .MON...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in N swell. .MON NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. $$ GMZ048-141415- SW Gulf S of 22N W of 94W- 908 PM EST Wed Dec 13 2023 .OVERNIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in NE swell. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .THU...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Scattered showers. .THU NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt S of 21N W of 95W, and N to NE 10 to 15 kt elsewhere. Seas 6 to 8 ft in NE swell. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .FRI...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in NE swell. .FRI NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in NE swell. .SAT...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in NE swell. .SAT NIGHT...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft in N swell. .SUN...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft in N swell. .SUN NIGHT...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in N swell. .MON...NW to N winds 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in NE swell. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. $$ GMZ049-141415- Central Bay of Campeche- 908 PM EST Wed Dec 13 2023 .OVERNIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Scattered showers. .THU...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in NE swell. Scattered showers. .THU NIGHT...S of 20N, N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt early in the evening, becoming variable less than 5 kt. N of 20N, NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in NE swell. Scattered showers. .FRI...S of 20N, variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming NW to N 10 kt early in the afternoon. N of 20N, E winds 10 kt early in the morning, becoming variable less than 5 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in NE swell. .FRI NIGHT...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in N to NE swell. .SAT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in NE swell. .SAT NIGHT...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in N swell. .SUN...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft in NW swell. .SUN NIGHT...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in NW to N swell. .MON...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in N swell. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. $$ GMZ050-141415- E Bay of Campeche including Campeche Bank- 908 PM EST Wed Dec 13 2023 .OVERNIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in N to NE swell. Scattered showers. .THU...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in N to NE swell. Scattered showers. .THU NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in N to NE swell. Scattered showers. .FRI...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in N to NE swell. Scattered showers. .FRI NIGHT...NE winds 10 kt, shifting to W to NW late. Seas 6 to 8 ft in N to NE swell. .SAT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in N swell. .SUN...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NW swell. .SUN NIGHT...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in NW to N swell. .MON...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in NW to N swell. .MON NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft in N swell. $$ Forecaster Aguirre