Gap Winds Forecast
June 2, 2023, 3:05 am (UTC: -04:00)
Subject: Gap Winds Forecast
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This forecast has not been reviewed. It was generated from an automatic model.
WARNINGS
.NONE.
.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
MONSOON TROUGH FROM 13N87W TO 12N100W TO 07N120W. ITCZ FROM
07N120W TO 07N128W TO 03N140W. SCATTERED MODERATE ISOLATED
STRONG FROM 00N TO 10N BETWEEN 77W AND 85W...FROM 04N TO 12N
BETWEEN 85W AND 95W...AND FROM 05N TO 11.5N BETWEEN 101W AND
127W.
THE MONSOON TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 13N87W TO 12N100W TO 07N120W. THE
ITCZ CONTINUES FROM 07N120W TO 07N128W TO 03N140W. SCATTERED
MODERATE TO ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION IS NOTED FROM 00N TO 10N
BETWEEN 77W AND 85W, FROM 04N TO 12N BETWEEN 85W AND 95W, AND
FROM 05N TO 11.5N BETWEEN 101W AND 127W.
HIGH PRESSURE PREVAILS OVER THE NORTHERN WATERS. THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT BETWEEN THIS AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE AND LOWER PRESSURE
ALONG THE MONSOON TROUGH AND ITCZ IS SUPPORTING MODERATE TO
FRESH WINDS N OF THE ITCZ TO NEAR 18N AND W OF 120W. GENTLE TO
MODERATE S TO SW WINDS ARE NOTED S OF THE MONSOON TROUGH AND E OF
115W. LIGHT TO GENTLE WINDS ARE NOTED ELSEWHERE. THE EXCEPTION IS
N OF 27N AND E OF 130W, WHERE MODERATE N WINDS PREVAIL, WHERE
SEAS ARE 7-8 FT. SEAS RANGE FROM 6-8 FT S OF ABOUT 15N, 4-6 FT
FROM 15N TO 26N, AND 5-8 FT N OF 26N.
...INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
FOR THE FORECAST, THE MONSOON TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO BE LOCATED
FAIRLY FAR NORTH, OVER NORTHERN CENTRAL AMERICA, AS TROPICAL
DEPRESSION TWO LINGERS IN THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. GENTLE TO
MODERATE SW WINDS ARE EXPECTED S OF THE MONSOON TROUGH INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK. MODERATE BUT SUBSIDING S TO SW CROSS EQUATORIAL
SWELL WILL DOMINATE REGIONAL SEAS THROUGH SAT BEFORE NEW LARGE
LONG-PERIOD SW SWELL BUILDS INTO THE REGIONAL WATERS SAT NIGHT
THROUGH MON, THEN DECAYING THEREAFTER.
FOR THE FORECAST, THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN SUBTROPICAL
PACIFIC HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED N OF THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS AND A
SURFACE TROUGH IN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA WILL SUPPORT PULSES OF
FRESH TO LOCALLY STRONG WINDS FROM THE EVENING THROUGH EARLY
MORNING HOURS ACROSS THE WATERS WEST OF THE BAJA PENINSULA INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK. FRESH SW TO W GAP WINDS WILL BRIEFLY OCCUR IN
THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA TONIGHT, THEN AGAIN BEGINNING SUN NIGHT
AND MON NIGHT. MAINLY GENTLE TO MODERATE WINDS WILL PREVAIL
ELSEWHERE, LOCALLY FRESH AT NIGHT OFFSHORE S-SW MEXICO THIS
WEEKEND. NEW N SWELL WILL MOVE THROUGH THE BAJA OFFSHORE WATERS
TONIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT, AND THEN AGAIN MON INTO MON NIGHT.
GENTLE TO MODERATE WINDS PREVAIL IN THE GULF OF PANAMA AND NEAR
THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, WITH LIGHT TO GENTLE WINDS ELSEWHERE.
SEAS ARE IN THE 5-8 FT RANGE IN S-SW SWELL OFFSHORE ECUADOR TO
THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, AND 4-6 FT ELSEWHERE, EXCEPT 6-7 FT WELL
OFFSHORE GUATEMALA. SCATTERED CONVECTION CONTINUES ACROSS THE
WATERS FROM NEAR THE COAST OF PANAMA WESTWARD TO WELL OFFSHORE EL
SALVADOR AND GUATEMALA AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TONIGHT.
WINDS AND SEAS MAY BE HIGHER IN THIS CONVECTION.
SHORT-TERM GAP WINDS (Near 11N 86W)
TODAY - Not available yet
TONITE - Not available yet
SATURDAY - Not available yet
SATURDAY NIGHT - Not available yet
LONG-TERM GAP WINDS (Near 11N 86W)
SUNDAY - Not available yet
MONDAY - Not available yet
TUESDAY - Not available yet
WEDNESDAY - Not available yet
THURSDAY - Not available yet