Sea of Cortez Southern Crossing Forecast
June 2, 2023, 3:05 am (UTC: -04:00)
Subject: Sea of Cortez Southern Crossing Forecast
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This forecast has not been reviewed. It was generated from an automatic model.
WARNINGS
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MODERATE TO LOCALLY FRESH NW WINDS PREVAIL ACROSS THE WATERS
WITHIN 120 NM OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA COAST S OF PUNTA EUGENIA,
LOCALLY STRONG NEAR CABO SAN LUCAS, WITH GENTLE TO MODERATE WINDS
ELSEWHERE OFFSHORE. ACROSS THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA, VARIABLE
GENTLE TO LOCALLY MODERATE TO FRESH WINDS ARE NOTED. GENTLE TO
LOCALLY MODERATE NW WINDS ARE NOTED ELSEWHERE OVER THE OPEN
WATERS OFF MEXICO, EXCEPT LIGHT TO GENTLE SOUTHERLY WINDS E OF
ABOUT 98.5W, INCLUDING IN THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC. SEAS ARE 4-6
FT IN LONG PERIOD S TO SW SWELL OVER THE OPEN WATERS OFF MEXICO,
EXCEPT MIXED WITH NW SWELL FROM NEAR CABO CORRIENTES EXTENDING
WEST-NORTHWESTWARD. SEAS OF 1-3 FT ARE NOTED OVER THE GULF OF
CALIFORNIA, EXCEPT THE ENTRANCE TO THE GULF WHERE SEAS OF 2-4 FT
ARE NOTED.
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.
SHORT-TERM SOUTHERN CROSSING (along 23N)
TODAY - Not available yet
TONITE - Not available yet
SATURDAY - Not available yet
SATURDAY NIGHT - Not available yet
LONG-TERM SOUTHERN CROSSING
SUNDAY - Not available yet
MONDAY - Not available yet
TUESDAY - Not available yet
WEDNESDAY - Not available yet
THURSDAY - Not available yet