GMZ500-GMZ501-060800-
 201 PM CDT Wed Aug 5 2026
 
 
 .SYNOPSIS FOR PASCAGOULA TO ATCHAFALAYA RIVER OUT 60 NM...
 
 Surface high-pressure axis over the southern Gulf is being absorbed
 by the Bermuda ridge. The low-level pressure gradient may tighten
 slightly Friday into the weekend as surface high pressure becomes
 better established over the eastern Gulf while lower pressures
 persist over the southern Plains and lower Mississippi Valley. This
 will alter flow to more of a south to southeast direction Thursday
 and then southeasterly to easterly through the weekend. Speeds
 should generally remain around 5 to 10 knots, although periods of
 10 to 15 knots will be possible over the outer waters as an easterly
 fetch becomes better established late in the week. Seas will
 generally remain 1 to 2 feet through Thursday.
 
 Increasing Gulf moisture will also bring a gradual increase in
 showers and thunderstorms beginning Thursday and continuing through
 the weekend and into early next week. Convection will be most
 common, in typical summertime fashion, over the coastal waters
 during the overnight and morning hours. Then activity shifts inland
 with the developing sea breeze during the afternoons.
 
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 GMZ532-060800-
 Mississippi Sound-
 201 PM CDT Wed Aug 5 2026
 

 THIS AFTERNOON
 South winds around 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet.
 A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.

 TONIGHT
 Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet in the
 evening, then 1 foot or less.

 THURSDAY
 Southwest winds around 5 knots, becoming southeast in
 the afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less, then around 2 feet in the
 afternoon. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the
 morning.

 THURSDAY NIGHT
 South winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast
 after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less.

 FRIDAY
 East winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 to 2 feet.

 FRIDAY NIGHT
 Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming east after
 midnight. Waves 1 foot or less.

 SATURDAY
 Northeast winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast in the
 afternoon. Waves around 2 feet.

 SATURDAY NIGHT
 Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or
 less.

 SUNDAY
 Southeast winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less, then
 around 2 feet in the afternoon. A chance of showers and
 thunderstorms, mainly in the morning.

 SUNDAY NIGHT
 South winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves around 2 feet in
 the evening, then 1 foot or less. A slight chance of showers and
 thunderstorms after midnight.
 
 Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.
 
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