Cabo Corrientes Forecast
November 18, 2024, 3:01 am (UTC: -05:00)
Subject: Cabo Corrientes Forecast
Questions/Comments visit http://svsarana.com
This forecast has not been reviewed. It was generated from an automatic model.
WARNINGS
.NONE.
.WITHIN 24N108W TO 24N109W TO 24N110W TO 23N109W TO 23N108W TO
24N108W...INCLUDING THE SOUTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA...NW WINDS
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.
.06 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 24N107W TO 24N108W TO 23N109W TO
22N108W TO 19N105W TO 23N106W TO 24N107W...INCLUDING THE EXTREME
SOUTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA...THE ENTRANCE TO THE GULF OF
CALIFORNIA AND NEAR CABO CORRIENTES...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT.
SEAS 8 TO 10 FT...HIGHEST W OF 108W.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE AND ASSOCIATED RIDGING PREVAIL ACROSS THE
BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA OFFSHORE WATERS. LATEST ASCAT SATELLITE
DATA PASSES SHOW MODERATE TO FRESH NW WINDS OFFSHORE BAJA
CALIFORNIA, WHERE 8-12 FT SEAS PREVAIL AND EXTEND TO THE COLIMA
OUTER OFFSHORE WATERS. A RECENT ASCAT SATELLITE DATA PASS
INDICATED FRESH TO STRONG NW TO N WINDS FROM LOS CABOS TO THE
REVILLAGIGEDO ISLANDS DUE TO A TIGHTER PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN
THE RIDGE AND LOW PRESSURE OF 1007 MB THAT IS LOCATED NEAR
19N106W. MODERATE TO FRESH NW WINDS ALONG WITH SLIGHT TO
MODERATE SEAS ARE OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GULF OF
CALIFORNIA WHILE FRESH TO STRONG NW WINDS ARE OVER ITS
SOUTHERN SECTION. SEAS THERE ARE HIGHER, IN THE 5-7 FT RANGE.
GENERALLY GENTLE TO MODERATE W TO NW WINDS ALONG WITH SEAS OF
6-9 FT IN LONG-PERIOD NW SWELL ARE OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE
MEXICAN OFFSHORE WATERS.
EASTERN PACIFIC SWELL EVENT: LONG-PERIOD NW SWELL HAS
REACHED THE OUTER OFFSHORE WATERS OF COLIMA, MEXICO. SEAS
THIS AFTERNOON. SEAS HAVE SUBSIDED TO 8-10 FT ACROSS THE BAJA
CALIFORNIA NORTE OFFSHORE WATERS AND TO 8-12 FT ACROSS THE BAJA
CALIFORNIA SUR AND JALISCO OFFSHORE WATERS. THIS SET OF SWELL
WILL CONTINUE TO DECAY, WITH SEAS DROPPING BELOW 12 FT LATE
TONIGHT. ANOTHER SET OF LONG-PERIOD NW SWELL IS FORECAST TO
ENTER THE OFFSHORE AND ADJACENT WATERS N OF PUNTA EUGENIA MON
NIGHT. SEAS WILL BUILD TO 14 FT AND SUBSIDE BELOW 12 FT TUE
EVENING. FOR MORE DETAILS, PLEASE READ THE LATEST NWS HIGH SEAS
FORECAST ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT WEBSITE
HTTPS//WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/TEXT/MIAHSFEP2.SHTML FOR MORE DETAILS.
FOR THE FORECAST, SURFACE RIDGING WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS
THE OFFSHORE WATERS OF BAJA CALIFORNIA THROUGH MID-WEEK. IT WILL
WEAKEN SLIGHTLY ON MON ALLOWING FOR THE GRADIENT TO SLACKEN SOME.
LOOKING AHEAD, A NEW SET OF LONG-PERIOD NW SWELL WILL REACH THE
WATERS N OF PUNTA EUGENIA WITH SEAS TO PEAK AT AROUND 13 FT FROM
MON NIGHT INTO TUE EVENING, AT WHICH TIME THE SEAS FROM THE
FORMER SWELL EVENT WOULD HAVE SUBSIDED BELOW 8 FT. AFTERWARD, NW
WINDS ALONG THE BAJA OFFSHORES WILL DIMINISH TO GENTLE TO
MODERATE SPEEDS AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRI NIGHT. LOOKING AHEAD,
THE NEXT GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC GAP WIND GALE EVENT IS FORECAST TO
START WED EVENING. GALE FORCE WINDS AND VERY ROUGH SEAS ARE
FORECAST FROM WED NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SAT. AN AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE LOCATED ABOUT 90 NM SW OF JALISCO WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
SLOWLY EAST-NORTHEASTWARD, ROUGHLY PARALLEL TO THE SOUTHWESTERN
COAST OF MEXICO THROUGH TUE BRINGING INCREASING SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO THE OFFSHORE WATERS OF COLIMA, JALISCO
AND NAYARIT.
SHORT-TERM CABO CORRIENTES TO MANZANILLO
TODAY - N 17-21, Seas WSW 0-6.1 feet @ 14sec
TONITE - NNW 12-15, Seas WSW 0-5.5 feet @ 14sec
TUESDAY - NNW 10-13, Seas SW 0-5.3 feet @ 13sec
TUESDAY NIGHT - NNE 8-10, Seas SW 0-4.3 feet @ 12sec
LONG-TERM CABO CORRIENTES TO MANZANILLO
WEDNESDAY - N 10-12, Seas SSW 0-3.6 feet @ 17sec
THURSDAY - NNE 9-11, Seas SSW 0-3.6 feet @ 16sec
FRIDAY - N 9-11, Seas SSW 0-4 feet @ 15sec
SATURDAY - N 6-8, Seas N/A ?-? feet @ ?
SUNDAY - NNW 8-10, Seas N/A ?-? feet @ ?