Sea of Cortez Southern Crossing Forecast
December 22, 2024, 3:01 am (UTC: -05:00)
Subject: Sea of Cortez Southern Crossing Forecast
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.WARNINGS.
...GALE WARNING...
.WITHIN 16N94W TO 16N95W TO 16N96W TO 14N96W TO 14N95W TO
16N94W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N TO NE WINDS 30 TO
40 KT. SEAS 8 TO 15 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN 16N94W TO 16N96W TO
12N97W TO 14N95W TO 12N95W TO 14N94W TO 16N94W N TO NE WINDS 20
TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 12 FT. REMAINDER OF AREA WITHIN 13N94W TO
12N97W TO 15N97W TO 12N100W TO 07N104W TO 08N97W TO 13N94W WINDS
20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN N TO NE SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 16N94W TO 16N95W TO 16N96W TO 15N96W TO
14N95W TO 15N94W TO 16N94W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC
...N TO NE WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. ELSEWHERE WITHIN
14N94W TO 16N94W TO 16N96W TO 14N97W TO 13N97W TO 12N95W TO
14N94W N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. WITHIN 13N95W
TO 13N97W TO 11N101W TO 08N101W TO 07N96W TO 09N94W TO 13N95W
WINDS 20 KT OR LESS. SEAS 8 TO 9 FT IN N TO NE SWELL.
.30 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE...EXCEPT WINDS BELOW GALE FORCE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 16N94W TO 16N95W TO 15N95W TO 14N95W TO
15N94W TO 16N94W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC...N WINDS
20 TO 30 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT.
ASIDE FROM THOSE CONDITIONS, HIGH PRESSURE PREVAILS OVER THE
WATERS WEST OF THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA. THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT BETWEEN THIS AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE AND A TROUGH OVER
MEXICO IS SUPPORTING WITH GENTLE TO MODERATE WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF
THE FORECAST WATERS, EXCEPT MODERATE TO LOCALLY FRESH OFFSHORE
BAJA CALIFORNIA. SEAS ARE IN THE 5 TO 7 FT OVER THE OPEN WATERS
OFF MEXICO, EXCEPT BUILDING TO 7 TO 10 FT WELL OFFSHORE BAJA
CALIFORNIA NORTE, AND 2 TO 4 FT OVER THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA,
EXCEPT 2 FT OR LESS OVER THE NORTHERN GULF.
SIGNIFICANT NW SWELL: A COMPLEX AND POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE NORTH
OF THE AREA WILL GENERATE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF LARGE NW SWELL THAT
WILL PROPAGATE INTO THE AREA THROUGH NEXT WEEK. THIS MORNING,
SEAS GREATER THAN 12 FT COVER THE WATERS NW OF A LINE FROM
30N120W TO 10N136W, WITH SEAS PEAKING NEAR 17 FT ALONG 30N
BETWEEN 127W AND 135W. THE ROUGH TO VERY ROUGH SEAS WILL
CONTINUE TO SPREAD SE, COVERING THE WATERS FROM WEST OF BAJA
CALIFORNIA NEAR PUNTA EUGENIA TO 08N132W EARLY THIS EVENING WHEN
A REINFORCING SET OF NW SWELL ARRIVES WITH PEAK SEAS OF 21 FT
NEAR 30N140W. PLEASE SEE 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.
PLEASE READ THE SPECIAL FEATURES SECTION FOR INFORMATION ON A
GALE WARNING IN THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC, AND SIGNIFICANT NW
SWELLS THAT WILL IMPACT THE WATERS OFFSHORE BAJA CALIFORNIA
THROUGH NEXT WEEK.
FOR THE FORECAST, OTHER THAN THE AFOREMENTIONED GALE WARNING IN
THE TEHUANTEPEC REGION AND SIGNIFICANT NW SWELL, WINDS WILL
PULSE TO MODERATE TO FRESH AT TIMES OFFSHORE BAJA CALIFORNIA,
THEN FRESH TO STRONG FROM CABO SAN LAZARO NORTHWARD STARTING WED
NIGHT, WITH GENTLE TO MODERATE WINDS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
WATERS.
SHORT-TERM SOUTHERN CROSSING (along 23N)
TODAY - NNW 12-15, Seas SSW 2.7-3.2 feet @ 14sec
TONITE - NW 7-9, Seas SW 1.8-2.6 feet @ 17sec
MONDAY - NNW 6-8, Seas SW 1.6-2.6 feet @ 17sec
MONDAY NIGHT - NW 6-7, Seas SSW 0.9-2.3 feet @ 15sec
LONG-TERM SOUTHERN CROSSING
TUESDAY - NW 6-8, Seas SSW 0.8-2.2 feet @ 14sec
WEDNESDAY - NW 7-9, Seas SSW 0.8-2.3 feet @ 14sec
THURSDAY - SSW 7-9, Seas S 1-2.1 feet @ 13sec
FRIDAY - W 7-9, Seas N/A ?-? feet @ ?
SATURDAY - N 8-10, Seas N/A ?-? feet @ ?