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com Location: Bay of Campeche - S of 20N

Phone: Lat: 19.5 Lon: -93.5
1-877-792-3225 PDF Created: 02.02.2018 10:02 UTC

Bay of Campeche - S of 20N : Tabular forecast

1400 forecast issued at 1246 CST
Sunrise Sunset Position
06:48 CST 18:06 CST 19.5° / -93.5°

FORECAST DISCUSSION CONDITIONS NEXT 24 HOURS

A cold front will move southward off the northern Gulf Coast early Friday then stall in the central
Gulf on Saturday. Another frontal system developing over Texas will rapidly move east across the WEATHER
Gulf Coast States on Sunday with some shower/thunderstorm activity. Neither of these fronts will Partly to mostly cloudy with isolated showers.
reach the Bay of Campeche as generally moderate northeast/east flow prevails across the bay
through the forecast period. RISK OF LIGHTNING
Nil.

HAZARDS
None.

REDUCED VISIBILITY (NM)

3-5 NM in showers.
Local Weather Thursday 14:00 to Friday
02:00
Weather : Dry
Lightning Risk: Nil
Min Visiblity: 5 nm at Thursday 20:00
Sustained Wind: 5-10 - 9-14 kts
Significant Wave Height (Hs): 1-3 - 2-4 ft
CST CONF WINDS WIND WAVES SWELL TOTAL SEA
Date Time Conf Dir Ws33ft Wg33ft H T Dir H T Hs Hocnl
(kts) (kts) (ft) (s) (ft) (s) (ft) (ft)

FRI

02/02 06:00 High NE 8-14 12-16 0-2 2.7 NNE 1-3 5.0 1-3 3.3

02/02 09:00 High NE 8-14 12-16 0-2 2.7 NNE 1-3 4.8 1-3 3.3

02/02 12:00 High NE 8-14 12-16 1-3 2.7 NE 1-3 4.7 1-3 3.3

02/02 15:00 High NE 10-14 12-18 1-3 3.0 NE 1-3 4.8 1-3 3.3

02/02 18:00 High NE 10-16 14-20 1-3 3.3 NE 0-2 4.9 1-3 3.3

02/02 21:00 High NE 12-16 16-20 1-3 3.5 NNW 0-2 5.0 2-4 3.9
SAT Conf Dir Ws33ft Wg33ft H T Dir H T Hs Hocnl

02/03 00:00 High NNE 10-16 14-18 1-3 3.3 NNW 1-3 4.7 2-4 3.9

02/03 03:00 High NE 10-14 12-18 1-3 3.1 N 1-3 4.7 2-4 3.9

02/03 06:00 High ENE 10-14 12-18 0-2 2.9 NNE 1-3 4.7 2-4 3.9

02/03 09:00 High ENE 8-14 12-16 0-2 2.6 NNE 1-3 4.6 1-3 3.6

02/03 12:00 High E 6-12 8-14 0-2 2.0 NE 1-3 4.3 1-3 3.6

02/03 15:00 High E 4-8 6-10 0-1 1.3 NE 1-3 4.1 1-3 3.0

02/03 18:00 High NE 4-10 6-12 0-2 1.6 NE 1-3 4.1 1-3 2.6

02/03 21:00 Med ENE 6-10 8-12 0-2 1.9 NNE 0-2 4.3 1-3 2.6
SUN Conf Dir Ws33ft Wg33ft H T Dir H T Hs Hocnl

02/04 00:00 Med ENE 6-10 8-12 0-2 1.9 N 0-2 4.7 1-3 2.6

02/04 03:00 Med E 6-10 8-12 0-2 2.1 NNE 0-2 5.5 1-3 2.6

02/04 06:00 Med E 6-12 8-14 0-2 2.2 NNE 1-3 5.8 1-3 3.3

02/04 12:00 Med ESE 6-12 8-14 0-2 2.2 NE 1-3 6.3 2-4 3.9

02/04 18:00 Med ENE 6-12 8-14 0-2 2.1 NE 2-4 6.1 2-4 3.9
MON Conf Dir Ws33ft Wg33ft H T Dir H T Hs Hocnl

02/05 00:00 Med ENE 8-12 10-14 0-2 2.3 NE 1-3 6.0 1-3 3.6

02/05 06:00 Med ENE 10-16 14-18 1-3 3.0 NNE 1-3 5.8 2-4 3.9

02/05 12:00 Med E 8-12 10-16 0-2 2.5 NE 1-3 5.1 2-4 3.9

02/05 18:00 Med ENE 8-12 10-16 0-2 2.4 NE 1-3 5.0 1-3 3.3
TUE Conf Dir Ws33ft Wg33ft H T Dir H T Hs Hocnl

02/06 00:00 Med NE 10-14 12-18 0-2 2.8 NNE 1-3 5.0 1-3 3.3

02/06 06:00 Med E 8-14 12-16 0-2 2.4 NNE 1-3 4.4 1-3 3.3

02/06 12:00 Med ESE 8-14 12-16 0-2 2.7 NE 1-3 4.6 2-4 3.6
 CST CONF WINDS WIND WAVES SWELL TOTAL SEA
Date Time Conf Dir Ws33ft Wg33ft H T Dir H T Hs Hocnl
(kts) (kts) (ft) (s) (ft) (s) (ft) (ft)

02/06 18:00 Med ENE 8-14 10-16 0-2 2.5 NE 1-3 4.5 2-4 3.6
WED Conf Dir Ws33ft Wg33ft H T Dir H T Hs Hocnl

02/07 00:00 Low ENE 10-16 14-18 0-2 3.0 NE 0-2 4.7 1-3 3.0

02/07 06:00 Low ESE 10-16 14-20 1-3 3.1 NE 0-2 4.5 1-3 3.3

02/07 12:00 Low E 10-16 14-20 1-3 3.4 NE 1-3 4.9 2-4 4.9

02/07 18:00 Low NE 10-16 14-20 1-3 3.0 NE 1-3 4.8 2-4 3.9
THU Conf Dir Ws33ft Wg33ft H T Dir H T Hs Hocnl

02/08 00:00 Low NNE 12-16 16-20 1-3 3.3 NE 0-2 4.7 2-4 3.9

02/08 06:00 Low NE 12-16 16-20 2-4 3.6 NE 1-3 4.9 2-4 4.9

02/08 12:00 Low ENE 10-16 14-20 1-3 3.4 NE 1-3 5.1 2-4 4.9

PARAMETERS DESCRIPTION

Conf
Confidence in forecast. Subjective view of the duty forecasters. Given as High, Medium or Low.
Dir
The mean compass direction from which the wind is blowing.
Ws33ft
Forecasted Wind Speed. The wind speed averaged over 10 minutes at 33 ft above mean sea level.
Wg33ft
The maximum 3-second wind gust at 33ft above mean sea level. The gust is typically between 1.25 and 2 *ws10.
H
Significant wave height of the windwaves. Equal to four times the standard deviation of the windwave sea state.
T
The mean wave period of the windwave component.
Dir
The mean direction of the swell, defined as the compass direction from which the waves are coming.
H
Significant wave height for swell. Equal to four times the standard deviation of the swell part of the sea state.
T
The mean waves period of the swell component.
Hs
Forecasted significant wave height. Equal to four times the standard deviation of the sea state. Also approximately equal to the mean of the 1/3
highest waves.
Hocnl
the occasional wave height is the average of the highest 1/10 of The wave spectrum