000 FZNT24 KNHC 150845 OFFNT4 Offshore Waters Forecast for the Gulf of Mexico NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 445 AM EDT Fri Mar 15 2019 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. GMZ001-152030- Synopsis for the Gulf of Mexico 445 AM EDT Fri Mar 15 2019 .SYNOPSIS...A cold front extends from southeastern Louisiana to 25N95W and to inland Mexico near Tuxpan early this morning, while strong high pressure builds in behind it. The front will reach from near from near Panama City, Florida to the central Gulf by this afternoon, where it will transition to a stationary front southwestward to the Bay of Campeche. Strong to near gale force winds will follow the front, except increasing to gale force this evening near Veracruz, Mexico and over the Tampico adjacent waters. The front will begin to slow down as it moves across the eastern Gulf Fri night into Sat, and become stationary from near Fort Myers, Florida to 23N87W and to the eastern Bay of Campeche Sat and through Sun night. The front will push south as a cold front on Mon and become stationary across the lower Straits of Florida or over northern Cuba and west-southwestward to near or over the northern and western sections of the Yucatan Peninsula through Tue night. A trough will set up from northwest to southeast over the SW Gulf on Sun and weaken Mon through Tue. $$ GMZ011-152030- NW Gulf including Stetson Bank- 445 AM EDT Fri Mar 15 2019 .TODAY...N to NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .TONIGHT...NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft in NE swell. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .SAT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in NE to E swell. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in NE to E swell. Scattered showers. .SUN...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. $$ GMZ013-152030- N Central Gulf including Flower Garden Banks Marine Sanctuary- 445 AM EDT Fri Mar 15 2019 .TODAY...NE winds 20 to 25 kt W of 90W, and SE to S 15 to 20 kt elsewhere. Seas 8 to 10 ft in E swell. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms NW part. .TONIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. Scattered showers. .SAT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. Scattered showers. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. Scattered showers. .SUN...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. $$ GMZ015-152030- NE Gulf N of 25N E of 87W- 445 AM EDT Fri Mar 15 2019 .TODAY...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TONIGHT...S of 27N, E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Elsewhere, S winds 15 to 20 kt, shifting to N late. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers. .SAT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Isolated showers. .SAT NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Isolated showers. .SUN...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. $$ GMZ017-152030- W Central Gulf from 22N to 26N W of 94W- 445 AM EDT Fri Mar 15 2019 ...GALE WARNING S OF 23N W OF 96W... .TODAY...N to NE winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NE to E swell, building to 8 to 12 ft in NE swell in the afternoon. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .TONIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 30 kt, except N 30 to 35 kt S of 23N W of 96W. Seas 9 to 14 ft. Scattered showers. .SAT...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 12 ft in NE swell. Isolated showers. .SAT NIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NE swell. Isolated showers. .SUN...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .MON...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TUE...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. $$ GMZ019-152030- Central Gulf from 22N to 26N between 87W and 94W- 445 AM EDT Fri Mar 15 2019 .TODAY...S of 24N, SE winds 15 to 20 kt, diminishing to 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Elsewhere, E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming SE 20 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TONIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt S of 24N, and NE 20 to 25 kt elsewhere. Seas 7 to 11 ft in NE swell. .SAT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .SUN...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .MON...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft, except 8 to 10 ft S of 25N W of 90W. .TUE...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in NE swell. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in NE swell. $$ GMZ021-152030- E Gulf from 22N to 25N E of 87W including Straits of Florida- 445 AM EDT Fri Mar 15 2019 .TODAY...SE winds 10 to 15 kt, except 15 to 20 kt Straits of Florida. Seas 3 to 5 ft, except 4 to 6 ft Straits of Florida. Isolated showers. .TONIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers. .SAT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Isolated showers. .SAT NIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt Straits of Florida, and NE 15 to 20 kt elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft in NW to N swell. Isolated showers. .SUN...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. .MON...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming NE 15 to 20 kt late. Seas 6 to 8 ft. $$ GMZ023-152030- SW Gulf S of 22N W of 94W- 445 AM EDT Fri Mar 15 2019 ...GALE WARNING S OF 20N W OF 95W... .TODAY...N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft, building to 8 to 10 ft in the afternoon. .TONIGHT...NW winds 30 to 35 kt S of 20N W of 95W, and NW to N 20 to 30 kt elsewhere. Seas 9 to 15 ft. Scattered showers. .SAT...NW to N winds 25 to 30 kt, except NW 30 to 35 kt S of 20N W of 95W early diminishing to 25 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft. Scattered showers. .SAT NIGHT...NW to N winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 9 to 13 ft in N to NE swell. Isolated showers. .SUN...NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft. .MON...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. .TUE...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .TUE NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. $$ GMZ025-152030- E Bay of Campeche including Campeche Bank- 445 AM EDT Fri Mar 15 2019 .TODAY...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TONIGHT...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft, building to 6 to 9 ft in NE swell late. .SAT...Within 60 nm of coast of Campeche, SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming SW 5 to 10 kt late in the afternoon. Elsewhere, NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 11 ft in NW to N swell. .SAT NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NW to N swell. .SUN...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .SUN NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...E winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to SE to S in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .TUE...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in N to NE swell. .TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. $$ Forecaster Aguirre