000 FZNT24 KNHC 072101 OFFNT4 Offshore Waters Forecast for the Gulf of Mexico NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 401 PM EST Sun Jan 7 2018 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. GMZ001-080915- Synopsis for the Gulf of Mexico 401 PM EST Sun Jan 7 2018 .SYNOPSIS...Strong high pres from the Ohio Valley to Cuba will produce fresh to strong NE winds across the Straits of Florida and SE Gulf through this afternoon. The high will shift eastward into the western Atlantic tonight and Monday allowing for fresh to strong return flow to set up across the central Gulf from early on Sunday through early on Monday evening. Low pres and its associated cold front will move southeastward over the NW and N central Gulf on Monday, then move southeastward over the central Gulf Monday night through Tuesday as the system weakens. The next strong cold front is expected to move across the NW Gulf Thu night, and across the central and eastern gulf waters Fri and Fri night followed by strong to near gale force northerly winds and building seas. $$ GMZ011-080915- NW Gulf including Stetson Bank- 401 PM EST Sun Jan 7 2018 .TONIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to E to SE late. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED NIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU...S to SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt, increasing to 25 to 30 kt late. Seas 5 to 6 ft, building to 8 to 9 ft late. .FRI...NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in NW to N swell. .FRI NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming N 5 to 10 kt late. Seas 5 to 7 ft in N swell. $$ GMZ013-080915- N Central Gulf including Flower Garden Banks Marine Sanctuary- 401 PM EST Sun Jan 7 2018 .TONIGHT...SE to S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .MON...SW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 9 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .MON NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .TUE...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU...S winds 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU NIGHT...SW to W winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .FRI...W to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in NW swell. $$ GMZ015-080915- NE Gulf N of 25N E of 87W- 401 PM EST Sun Jan 7 2018 .TONIGHT...E to SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON...SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. .TUE...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI...SW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...W to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. $$ GMZ017-080915- W Central Gulf from 22N to 26N W of 94W- 401 PM EST Sun Jan 7 2018 .TONIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON...SW winds 15 to 20 kt, shifting to NW in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to E late. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED NIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU NIGHT...NW to N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .FRI...NW to N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in N swell. .FRI NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming NE 5 to 10 kt late. Seas 7 to 10 ft in N swell. $$ GMZ019-080915- Central Gulf from 22N to 26N between 87W and 94W- 401 PM EST Sun Jan 7 2018 .TONIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .MON...S to SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .MON NIGHT...W to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .TUE...NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED...NE winds less than 5 kt, shifting to S in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...SE to S winds less than 5 kt, and increasing to 10 to 15 kt late. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W 20 to 25 kt late. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI...W to NW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .FRI NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NW swell. $$ GMZ021-080915- E Gulf from 22N to 25N E of 87W including Straits of Florida- 401 PM EST Sun Jan 7 2018 .TONIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt, except NE 20 to 25 kt Straits of Florida. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Isolated showers. .MON...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Isolated showers. .MON NIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to SW late. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Isolated showers. .TUE...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Isolated showers. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED...NE to E winds less than 5 kt, shifting to SE to S in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. .WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. .THU...SE winds 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. .THU NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI NIGHT...W to NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. $$ GMZ023-080915- SW Gulf S of 22N W of 94W- 401 PM EST Sun Jan 7 2018 .TONIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to NW in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED...S winds less than 5 kt, becoming SE to S 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. .WED NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .THU NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NW to N swell. .FRI NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in N swell. $$ GMZ025-080915- E Bay of Campeche including Campeche Bank- 401 PM EST Sun Jan 7 2018 .TONIGHT...Within 60 nm of coast of Campeche, N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming SE 15 to 20 kt late. Elsewhere, E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NW to N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .WED...NW winds less than 5 kt, shifting to S to SW in the afternoon. Seas 3 ft. .WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt late. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NW 15 to 20 kt late. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .FRI...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft, building to 5 to 7 ft in the afternoon. .FRI NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 10 kt late. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NW to N swell. $$ Forecaster Aguirre