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Forecast Tides for Schottegat, Curacao on 04/02/2024



06:42 0.29 Meter High Tide
15:15 -0.08 Meter Low Tide
20:16 0.04 Meter High Tide
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Marine forecast





ISSUED: July 16, 2024.

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MARINE FORECAST FOR SEAS AROUND CURAƇAO:
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Synopsis:
During the next 24 hours no significant change is expected in the current
weather and a mainly dry weather will prevail.

Weather:
Mainly partly cloudy and mainly dry.

Visibility:
18 to 28 kilometer.

Winds:
Easterly and gentle to fresh; force 3 to 5 (12 to 39 km/h, 7 to 21 knots).
Occasionally strong in gusts; force 6 (40 to 50 km/h, 22 to 27 knots).

Seas:
Moderate with wave heights between 1 and 1.5 meter (3 and 5 feet). The highest
wave action is generally over the northern open sea area.

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Local wind forecast for the next 48 hours:
Easterly and moderate to fresh; force 4 to 5 (20 to 39 km/h, 11 to 21 knots).
Occasionally strong in gusts; force 6 (40 to 50 km/h, 22 to 27 knots).

Synopsis.....The pressure gradient between an Atlantic high
pressure ridge extending along 30N-31N and lower pressure across
South America will continue to sustain fresh to strong trade winds
over the central Caribbean through Thu before diminishing
slightly. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will move westward
across the NW basin today, behind the northern
portion of a tropical wave that is currently along 81W. Winds will
pulse to fresh today in the Windward Passage.

Caribbean from 11N to 15N between 72W and 76W including Colombia Basin-
.TODAY...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in NE to E swell.
.TONIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.WED...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt S of 13N, and E 20 to 25 kt N of
13N. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.WED NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in NE to E swell.
.THU...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in NE to E swell.
.THU NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in NE to E swell.
.FRI...Winds E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in NE to E swell.
.FRI NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SAT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt S of 13N, and E 20 to
25 kt N of 13N. Seas 6 to 8 ft in NE to E swell.

Caribbean S of 15N between 68W and 72W including Gulf of Venezuela-
.TODAY...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.TONIGHT...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.WED...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.WED NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in E swell.
.THU...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in NE to E swell.
.THU NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in NE to E swell.
.FRI...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft.
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SAT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft..PLEASE FIND MORE MARINE WEATHER INFORMATION FOR OTHER SECTIONS OF THE CARIBBEAN AREA, THE TROPICAL AND SOUTHWESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
ON THE WEB SITE OF THE TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER AT: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/MIAOFFNT3.shtml?text.

THE NEXT MARINE FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED TOMORROW MORNING AT 10:00 UTC