FZNT27 KNHC 160908
OFFN06

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
508 AM EDT Thu Apr 16 2026

...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available
through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed
Coastal Waters Forecasts...

.SYNOPSIS...A ridge across the N Gulf will remain in place and
slowly weaken through Sat to maintain gentle to moderate E to SE
winds across most of the basin. The exception will be off the
Yucatan Peninsula, where a diurnal trough will allow fresh winds
to pulse to strong during the evenings. Looking ahead, fresh to
strong N to NE winds and building seas will follow a cold front
moving across the northern Gulf Sat night through Sun night. The
front will stall from the Florida Straits to south Texas by late
Mon. Fresh SE winds are expected ahead of the front over the NW
and west-central Gulf beginning on Fri.

Northwest Gulf of America

.TODAY...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TONIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.FRI...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SAT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N to NE 20 to 25 kt
late. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.SUN...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.MON...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.

North Central and Northeast Gulf of America

.TODAY...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.TONIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.FRI...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.FRI NIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.SAT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to NW late. Seas 2 ft
or less.
.SUN...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 to
4 ft in the afternoon.
.SUN NIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.MON...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.MON NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.