Gap Winds Forecast
July 15, 2025, 3:00 pm (UTC: -04:00)
Subject: Gap Winds Forecast
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WARNINGS
.NONE.
.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
THE MONSOON TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 09N84W TO 07N97W TO 10N110W. THE
ITCZ EXTENDS FROM 10N110W TO 10N125W...THEN RESUMES WEST OF A
TROPICAL WAVE FROM 10N128W TO 10N137W...THEN RESUMES WEST OF
ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE NEAR 10N140W AND BEYOND. NUMEROUS MODERATE
ISOLATED STRONG N OF 04N E OF 81W. SCATTERED MODERATE FROM 05N
TO 11N BETWEEN 82W AND 93W.
THE MONSOON TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 09N84W TO 07N97W TO 10N110W. THE
ITCZ EXTENDS FROM 10N110W TO 10N125W, THEN RESUMES WEST OF A
TROPICAL WAVE FROM 10N128W TO 10N137W, THEN RESUMES WEST OF
ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE NEAR 10N140W AND BEYOND. ASIDE FROM THE
CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROPICAL WAVES, NUMEROUS MODERATE
ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION IS OFFSHORE COLOMBIA AND PANAMA N OF
04N E OF 81W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION IS ELSEWHERE FROM 05N
TO 11N BETWEEN 82W AND 93W.
1038 MB HIGH PRESSURE WELL NORTHWEST OF THE DISCUSSION WATERS
NEAR 45N144W EXTENDS A RIDGE ACROSS THE WATERS NORTH OF THE ITCZ
AND MONSOON TROUGH. MODERATE TO FRESH TRADES ARE IN THE BELT
FROM 10N TO 20N WEST OF 125W, AND FROM 10N TO 16N EAST OF 118W.
GENTLE TO MODERATE TRADES ARE ELSEWHERE NORTH OF THE ITCZ AND
MONSOON TROUGH. MODERATE TO FRESH SE TO S WINDS ARE SOUTH OF THE
ITCZ AND MONSOON TROUGH WEST OF 120W, AND MODERATE EAST OF 100W.
ROUGH SEAS IN ADVANCING SOUTHERLY SWELL PREVAIL ACROSS THE WATERS
SOUTH OF 05N. MODERATE SEAS IN MIXED SWELL PREVAIL ELSEWHERE.
FOR THE FORECAST, MODERATE N TO NE WINDS AND MODERATE SEAS WILL
CONTINUE NORTH OF THE MONSOON TROUGH AND ITCZ THIS WEEK AS
RIDGING PREVAILS OVER THE EASTERN PACIFIC. MODERATE TO FRESH
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL SOUTH OF THE MONSOON TROUGH AND
ITCZ. CROSS-EQUATORIAL SOUTHERLY SWELL WILL PROPAGATE THROUGH THE
SOUTHERN WATERS PROMOTING ROUGH SEAS SOUTH OF 08N, THROUGH MID-
WEEK, THEN DECAYING THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. A NEW N SWELL
WILL ARRIVE AND LEAD TO ROUGH SEAS NORTH OF 25N BY MIDWEEK,
DECAYING BY THE END OF THE WEEK.
...INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE/MONSOON TROUGH...
FRESH TO STRONG NE TO E GAP WINDS ARE OCCURRING IN THE GULF OF
PAPAGAYO AS LOW PRESSURE PREVAILS NEAR NORTHERN COLOMBIA.
MODERATE TO FRESH E WINDS AND MODERATE SEAS EXTEND THROUGH THE
WATERS WELL OFFSHORE OF EL SALVADOR AND GUATEMALA. SOUTH OF THE
MONSOON TROUGH, MODERATE SOUTHERLY WINDS PREVAIL. MODERATE SEAS
IN SW SWELL PREVAIL OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAN WATERS,
EXCEPT ROUGH SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR AND OFFSHORE ECUADOR.
FOR THE FORECAST, PULSING MODERATE TO FRESH N GAP WINDS WILL
OCCUR IN THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC THROUGH FRI AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS OVER CENTRAL MEXICO. WINDS MAY INCREASE THERE TO FRESH TO
STRONG FRI NIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
TIGHTENS FURTHER, RESULTING IN BUILDING SEAS TO ROUGH THERE.
FARTHER SOUTH, MODERATE E WINDS, GENERATED BY GAP WINDS IN THE
GULF OF PAPAGAYO, WILL OCCUR WELL OFFSHORE OF SOUTHERN MEXICO
THROUGH MIDWEEK, THEN RETURNING THIS WEEKEND. FRESH TO STRONG S
TO SE WINDS WILL PULSE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA
TONIGHT INTO EARLY WED AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDWEEK AS LOW
PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. MODERATE SEAS WILL
PREVAIL ELSEWHERE, EXCEPT SLIGHT IN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA.
FRESH TO STRONG NE TO E GAP WINDS ARE OCCURRING IN THE GULF OF
PAPAGAYO AS LOW PRESSURE PREVAILS NEAR NORTHERN COLOMBIA.
MODERATE TO FRESH E WINDS AND MODERATE SEAS EXTEND THROUGH THE
WATERS WELL OFFSHORE OF EL SALVADOR AND GUATEMALA. SOUTH OF THE
MONSOON TROUGH, MODERATE SOUTHERLY WINDS PREVAIL. MODERATE SEAS
IN SW SWELL PREVAIL OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAN WATERS,
EXCEPT ROUGH SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR AND OFFSHORE ECUADOR.
.WITHIN 11N86W TO 11N88W TO 10N88W TO 10N86W TO 11N86W...INCLUDING
THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN
2.5 M.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LITTLE CHANGE.
.48 HOUR FORECAST WITHIN 11N86W TO 11N87W TO 11N88W TO 10N87W TO
10N86W TO 11N86W...INCLUDING THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO...NE WINDS 20
TO 25 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 2.5 M.
FOR THE FORECAST, PULSING MODERATE TO FRESH N GAP WINDS WILL
OCCUR IN THE GULF OF TEHUANTEPEC THROUGH FRI AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS OVER CENTRAL MEXICO. WINDS MAY INCREASE THERE TO FRESH TO
STRONG FRI NIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT
TIGHTENS FURTHER, RESULTING IN BUILDING SEAS TO ROUGH THERE.
FARTHER SOUTH, MODERATE E WINDS, GENERATED BY GAP WINDS IN THE
GULF OF PAPAGAYO, WILL OCCUR WELL OFFSHORE OF SOUTHERN MEXICO
THROUGH MIDWEEK, THEN RETURNING THIS WEEKEND. FRESH TO STRONG S
TO SE WINDS WILL PULSE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF CALIFORNIA
TONIGHT INTO EARLY WED AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDWEEK AS LOW
PRESSURE DEEPENS OVER THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. MODERATE SEAS WILL
PREVAIL ELSEWHERE, EXCEPT SLIGHT IN THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA.
FRESH TO STRONG NE TO E GAP WINDS ARE OCCURRING IN THE GULF OF
PAPAGAYO AS LOW PRESSURE PREVAILS NEAR NORTHERN COLOMBIA.
MODERATE TO FRESH E WINDS AND MODERATE SEAS EXTEND THROUGH THE
WATERS WELL OFFSHORE OF EL SALVADOR AND GUATEMALA. SOUTH OF THE
MONSOON TROUGH, MODERATE SOUTHERLY WINDS PREVAIL. MODERATE SEAS
IN SW SWELL PREVAIL OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAN WATERS,
EXCEPT ROUGH SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR AND OFFSHORE ECUADOR.
FOR THE FORECAST, PULSING FRESH TO STRONG NE TO E WINDS ARE
EXPECTED IN THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS OVER MEXICO AND THE GULF OF AMERICA, BUILDING
SEAS TO ROUGH AT TIMES. MODERATE TO FRESH E WINDS WILL EXTEND
THROUGH THE OUTER WATERS OFFSHORE OF GUATEMALA AND EL SALVADOR
THROUGH MIDWEEK, AND THEN AGAIN THIS WEEKEND. MODERATE TO FRESH N
WINDS MAY PULSE IN THE GULF OF PANAMA MIDWEEK. A SW SWELL WILL
CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE THROUGH THE SOUTH AMERICAN WATERS THROUGH
THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK, PROMOTING ROUGH SEAS OFFSHORE OF ECUADOR
AND COLOMBIA.
FOR THE FORECAST, PULSING FRESH TO STRONG NE TO E WINDS ARE
EXPECTED IN THE GULF OF PAPAGAYO THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS OVER MEXICO AND THE GULF OF AMERICA, BUILDING
SEAS TO ROUGH AT TIMES. MODERATE TO FRESH E WINDS WILL EXTEND
THROUGH THE OUTER WATERS OFFSHORE OF GUATEMALA AND EL SALVADOR
THROUGH MIDWEEK, AND THEN AGAIN THIS WEEKEND. MODERATE TO FRESH N
WINDS MAY PULSE IN THE GULF OF PANAMA MIDWEEK. A SW SWELL WILL
CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE THROUGH THE SOUTH AMERICAN WATERS THROUGH
THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK, PROMOTING ROUGH SEAS OFFSHORE OF ECUADOR
AND COLOMBIA.
SHORT-TERM GAP WINDS (Near 11N 86W)
TODAY - Not available yet
TONITE - Not available yet
WEDNESDAY - Not available yet
WEDNESDAY NIGHT - Not available yet
LONG-TERM GAP WINDS (Near 11N 86W)
THURSDAY - Not available yet
FRIDAY - Not available yet
SATURDAY - Not available yet
SUNDAY - Not available yet
MONDAY - Not available yet