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FZUS54 KMOB 212002

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Coastal Waters Forecast

National Weather Service Mobile AL

302 PM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026



Gulf Coastal Waters Okaloosa Walton County Line To Pascagoula Out

60 NM



Seas are given as significant wave height...which is the average

height of the highest 1/3 of the waves.  Individual waves may be

more than twice the significant wave height.



GMZ600-220900-

302 PM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026



.SYNOPSIS...

A light to occasionally moderate mostly westerly flow pattern

will persist into next week. Winds are expected to shift

northwesterly late each night and then southwesterly in the

afternoon. Isolated to potentially scattered showers and storms

can be expected each morning with locally higher seas and winds

near storms.



$$



GMZ630-220900-

Northern Mobile Bay-

302 PM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026



...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 609 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS

EVENING...



.TONIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming around 5 knots

after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. A chance of

showers and thunderstorms, mainly this evening. 

.SATURDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in

the afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. 

.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west

after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. 

.SUNDAY...North winds around 5 knots, becoming south in the

afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. A slight chance of

showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. 

.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Light chop. 

.MONDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.

Light chop. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the

afternoon. 

.MONDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Smooth. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after

midnight. 

.TUESDAY...West winds around 5 knots, becoming south in the

afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. A slight chance of

showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of

showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. 

.TUESDAY NIGHT...South winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.

Light chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after

midnight. 

.WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.

Light chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the

morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the

afternoon. 

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Light chop. A slight chance of thunderstorms. A slight

chance of showers in the evening, then a chance of showers after

midnight. 



Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.



$$



GMZ631-632-220900-

Southern Mobile Bay-Mississippi Sound-

302 PM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026



...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 609 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS

EVENING...



.TONIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming northwest late.

Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. A chance of showers and

thunderstorms, mainly this evening. 

.SATURDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in

the afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. 

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

less. Light chop. 

.SUNDAY...North winds around 5 knots, becoming south in the

afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. 

.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Light chop. 

.MONDAY...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.

Smooth. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the

afternoon. 

.MONDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Smooth. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after

midnight. 

.TUESDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less. Light

chop. A chance of showers and thunderstorms. 

.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Smooth. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. 

.WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.

Light chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the

morning, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the

afternoon. 

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Light chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in

the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after

midnight. 



Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.



$$



GMZ633-634-220900-

Perdido Bay-Pensacola Bay System-

302 PM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026



...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 609 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS

EVENING...



.TONIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming around 5 knots

late. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. A slight chance of

showers. A slight chance of thunderstorms. 

.SATURDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in

the afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. A slight chance

of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. 

.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west

after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. 

.SUNDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming south in the

afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. A slight chance of

showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. 

.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Light chop. 

.MONDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.

Light chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the

afternoon. 

.MONDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Light chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms

after midnight. 

.TUESDAY...West winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in the

afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. A slight chance of

showers and thunderstorms in the morning, then a chance of

showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. 

.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, diminishing to

around 5 knots after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop.

A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. 

.WEDNESDAY...West winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in the

afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. A chance of

thunderstorms. A chance of showers. 

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, diminishing to

around 5 knots after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop.

A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then

a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. 



Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.



$$



GMZ635-636-220900-

Western Choctawhatchee Bay-Eastern Choctawhatchee Bay-

302 PM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026



.TONIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming west late.

Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. A slight chance of showers and

thunderstorms this evening, then a chance of showers and

thunderstorms after midnight. 

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

Light chop. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. 

.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Smooth.

.SUNDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in

the afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. 

.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Light chop. 

.MONDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Waves 1 foot or less.

Light chop. A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the

afternoon. 

.MONDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, diminishing to

around 5 knots after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop.

A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. 

.TUESDAY...West winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in the

afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. A chance of showers

and thunderstorms. 

.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds around 5 knots. Waves 1 foot or

less. Smooth. A slight chance of thunderstorms. A slight chance

of showers in the evening, then a chance of showers after

midnight. 

.WEDNESDAY...West winds around 5 knots, becoming southwest in the

afternoon. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop. A chance of showers

and thunderstorms. 

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots, diminishing to

around 5 knots after midnight. Waves 1 foot or less. Light chop.

A slight chance of thunderstorms. A slight chance of showers in

the evening, then a chance of showers after midnight. 



Winds and waves higher in and near thunderstorms.



$$



GMZ650-655-220900-

Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM-

Coastal waters from Okaloosa Walton County Line FL to Pensacola

FL out 20 NM-

302 PM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026



.TONIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave

Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. A slight chance of showers

and thunderstorms this evening, then a chance of showers and

thunderstorms after midnight. 

.SATURDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southwest in the

afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: West 1 foot at

3 seconds. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. 

.SATURDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or

less. Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. 

.SUNDAY...Northwest winds around 5 knots, becoming south in the

afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: West 1 foot at

3 seconds. 

.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or

less. Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. 

.MONDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.

Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. A slight chance of

showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. 

.MONDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or

less. Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. A slight chance

of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. 

.TUESDAY...West winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave

Detail: South 1 foot at 3 seconds. A chance of showers and

thunderstorms. 

.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or

less. Wave Detail: South 1 foot at 3 seconds. A slight chance of

showers and thunderstorms. 

.WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.

Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. A chance of showers

and thunderstorms. 

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or

less, then around 2 feet after midnight. Wave Detail: Southwest

1 foot at 3 seconds, becoming south 1 foot at 3 seconds. A slight

chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance

of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. 



Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.



$$



GMZ670-675-220900-

Waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS from 20 to 60 NM-

Waters from Okaloosa Walton County Line FL to Pensacola FL from

20 to 60 NM-

302 PM CDT Fri Aug 21 2026



.TONIGHT...West winds around 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave

Detail: West 1 foot at 3 seconds. A slight chance of showers and

thunderstorms after midnight. A chance of showers and

thunderstorms late. 

.SATURDAY...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave

Detail: West 1 foot at 3 seconds. A chance of showers and

thunderstorms, mainly in the morning. 

.SATURDAY NIGHT...West winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.

Wave Detail: West 1 foot at 3 seconds. 

.SUNDAY...Northwest winds 5 to 10 knots, becoming southeast in

the afternoon. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave Detail: Northwest 1 foot

at 3 seconds. 

.SUNDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or

less. Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. 

.MONDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.

Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. 

.MONDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or

less. Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. A slight chance

of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. 

.TUESDAY...West winds around 5 knots. Seas 1 foot or less. Wave

Detail: South 1 foot at 3 seconds. A chance of showers and

thunderstorms, mainly in the morning. 

.TUESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or

less. Wave Detail: South 1 foot at 3 seconds. A slight chance of

showers and thunderstorms after midnight. 

.WEDNESDAY...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or less.

Wave Detail: Southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds. A chance of showers

and thunderstorms, mainly in the morning. 

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots. Seas 1 foot or

less, then around 2 feet after midnight. Wave Detail: Southwest

1 foot at 4 seconds, becoming southwest 1 foot at 3 seconds and

south 1 foot at 6 seconds. A slight chance of showers and

thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and

thunderstorms after midnight. 



Winds and seas higher in and near thunderstorms.



$$