GMZ530 Lake Pontchartrain And Lake Maurepas- 355 Am Cdt Fri Apr 26 2024
.small craft advisory in effect from this afternoon through Sunday morning...
Today..Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots with gusts up to 20 knots, increasing to 15 to 20 knots late. Waves 2 to 4 feet.
Tonight..Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots. Waves 3 to 4 feet.
Saturday..Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots. Waves 3 to 4 feet.
Saturday night..Southeast winds 25 to 30 knots, diminishing to 20 to 25 knots after midnight. Waves 4 to 5 feet.
Sunday..Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Waves 4 to 5 feet.
Sunday night..Southeast winds 20 to 25 knots with gusts up to 30 knots. Waves 3 to 5 feet.
Monday..Southeast winds 15 to 20 knots. Waves 2 to 4 feet. A chance of showers and Thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Monday night..Southeast winds 10 to 15 knots. Waves 2 to 3 feet. A slight chance of showers and Thunderstorms in the evening.
Tuesday..Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet. A slight chance of showers and Thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of showers and Thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Tuesday night..Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet in the evening, then 1 foot or less.
winds and waves higher in and near Thunderstorms.

GMZ500 355 Am Cdt Fri Apr 26 2024
Synopsis for pascagoula to atchafalaya river out 60 nm..
with high pressure well off to our northeast and a deepening surface low along the lee side of the rockies is leading to a tightening of the pressure gradient across the coastal waters. A second surface low will develop tomorrow and deepen as it moves across the plains and into the upper mississippi valley Sunday. In addition the high in the atlantic will slide south and become centered east of the carolinas. This will keep if not strengthen the gradient across the area leading to additional strong southeast winds. This alone will keep small craft advisory conditions in place beginning today and through the weekend but with 72 to maybe 96 hours of persistent southeast winds there will be a large fetch across the gulf with seas likely higher than typical for the winds we will see. It will also lead to some coastal flooding concerns.