South Mobile Bay Marine Forecast
| Today...Southeast Winds Around 10 Knots, Increasing To 10 To 15 Knots With Gusts Up To 20 Knots Late This Morning And Afternoon. Waves 1 Foot Or Less, Then Around 2 Feet This Afternoon. Patchy Fog Early This Morning. |
| Tonight...Southeast Winds 10 To 15 Knots With Gusts Up To 20 Knots. Waves Around 2 Feet. |
| Saturday...Southeast Winds 15 To 20 Knots With Gusts Up To 25 Knots. Waves 2 To 3 Feet. |
| Saturday Night...Southeast Winds 15 To 20 Knots, Increasing To 20 To 25 Knots After Midnight. Waves 2 To 3 Feet. |
| Sunday...Southeast Winds 20 To 25 Knots, Diminishing To 15 To 20 Knots In The Afternoon. Waves 2 To 3 Feet. |
| Sunday Night...Southeast Winds 15 To 20 Knots With Gusts Up To 25 Knots. Waves 2 To 3 Feet. |
| Monday...Southeast Winds 10 To 15 Knots. Waves Around 2 Feet. |
| Monday Night...Southeast Winds 10 To 15 Knots, Diminishing To 5 To 10 Knots After Midnight. Waves 1 To 2 Feet. |
| Tuesday...Southeast Winds 5 To 10 Knots. Waves 1 To 2 Feet. |
| Tuesday Night...Southeast Winds 5 To 10 Knots. Waves Around 2 Feet In The Evening, Then 1 Foot Or Less. |
| Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Mobile AL 523am CDT Fri April 26 2024 ...New NEAR TERM, SHORT TERM, LONG TER Marine .NEAR AND SHORT TERM... (Now through Sunday night) Issued at 523am CDT Fri April 26 2024 Upper level ridging continues to build eastward across the north central Gulf Coast region early this morning, while a surface ridge of high pressure extends along much of the Eastern Seaboard. Skies have generally been mostly clear through the night, but satellite imagery shows increasing high level cloud cover spreading into MS. Patchy fog has developed across portions of south central AL and the western FL panhandle, with the lowest visibilities of 1/4 to 1/2 mile impacting Crestview and Eglin Duke Field as of 430am CDT. Patchy fog will linger for a few more hours before lifting around or after sunrise. The upper level ridge axis will slowly advance eastward from the north central Gulf Coast region and Tennessee Valley to across the eastern and southeastern U.S. late tonight into Saturday. The mid to upper level flow pattern will transition southwesterly across our forecast area through the weekend behind the advancing ridge axis and also well ahead of an upper level trough that will slowly move from the Rocky Mountains and into the Plains. Deep layer subsidence underneath the ridge axis will keep the weather dry across our area through the weekend. The MSLP gradient will increase over our region this weekend between surface ridging over the western Atlantic/Eastern Seaboard and low pressure over the Plains. Breezy southeasterly winds will prevail over our forecast area through the weekend with speeds of 10-20 mph and gusts up to 25-35 mph possible. Temperatures will remain warm with afternoon highs ranging in the lower to mid 80s over inland locations and in the mid 70s to near 80 degrees along the coast each day today through Sunday. Lows remain mild in the upper 50s to lower 60s over inland locations and in the mid 60s to near 70 degrees along the immediate coast and beaches. For beach interests: The rip current risk starts off LOW this morning, but will ramp up to a MODERATE risk tonight followed by a HIGH risk of dangerous rip currents this weekend into early next week given the persistent southeasterly flow and increasing swell. Confidence continues to increase that surf will also build along the Alabama and western Florida panhandle beaches this weekend, with surf breakers up to 4-7 feet possible Saturday night through Sunday night. A High Surf Advisory may be issued later today or tonight if confidence in these trends continues to increase. /21 Long Term (Monday through Thursday) Issued at 523am CDT Fri April 26 2024 No significant changes were made to the extended forecast. A shortwave trough within southwesterly flow aloft will translate from the ArkLaTex vicinity early Monday morning to across the Lower Mississippi and Tennessee Valley Monday afternoon into Monday night. Moisture and ascent ahead of this feature may become sufficient to aid in the development of isolated to scattered shower and thunderstorm activity across southeast MS and portions of southwest AL Monday afternoon and evening. Another shortwave impulse arrives by Tuesday with another potential for isolated to scattered convection over this same general area again on Tuesday. Upper level ridging may otherwise tend to build back over the forecast area Wednesday and Thursday, keeping generally dry weather conditions in the forecast both days. Warm temperatures will prevail through the week, with highs mostly in the 80s and lows mostly in the upper 50s to lower 60s inland and in the mid 60s to near 70 degrees along the immediate coast and beaches. /21 Marine Issued at 523am CDT Fri April 26 2024 Southeasterly flow will increase over the marine area late this week and especially into the upcoming weekend. A Small Craft Advisory has been issued for much of the marine area from Saturday morning through late Sunday night as southeasterly winds average between 15-25 kt with gusts up to around 30 kt. Seas also look to build to 6-9 ft over the Gulf waters Saturday night into Sunday. /21 NOAA Mobile AL Office: Watches - Warnings - Advisories AL...High Rip Current Risk from Saturday morning through late Monday night for ALZ265-266. FL...High Rip Current Risk from Saturday morning through late Monday night for FLZ202-204-206. MS...None. GM...Small Craft Advisory from 7am Saturday to 4am CDT Monday for GMZ630>634-650-655-670-675. |
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