# Wondering how is the weather offshore right now? **URL:** \ **Category:** Offshore\ **Created:** [January 6, 2014, 6:58am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wondering-how-is-the-weather-offshore-right-now/11803 "2014-01-06T06:58:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![c.captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/c.captain/32/807_2.png) [@c.captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/c.captain)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 6:58am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wondering-how-is-the-weather-offshore-right-now/11803/1 "2014-01-06T06:58:03Z")
I see gale warnings up for the entire GoM right now. Any reports from the battlefield? > GMZ001-070230- > SYNOPSIS FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO > 926 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 > > .SYNOPSIS…A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE FLORIDA > BIG BEND TO 21N94W TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL PUSH SE OF THE > BASIN THIS EVENING. SUSTAINED GALE FORCE WINDS WILL OCCUR ACROSS > THE CENTRAL…SE…AND SW GULF WATERS BEHIND THE FRONT…WITH > FREQUENT GUSTS TO GALE FORCE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF WATERS. > STRONG SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW WILL SET UP ACROSS THE NW GULF WATERS > TUE NIGHT…DIMINISHING SLIGHTLY BY LATE WED…WITH MODERATE TO > FRESH RETURN FLOW ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE GULF WED THROUGH THE END OF > THE WEEK. > > $$ Glad I am not there! ---
**Author:** ![injunear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e95f7d/32.png) [@injunear](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/injunear)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 7:33am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wondering-how-is-the-weather-offshore-right-now/11803/2 "2014-01-06T07:33:41Z")
Well, as a pensioner, as usual I was foraging for food on the beach with my surf rods out. The front came in like a lamb for 2 hours until the shit hit the fan. Gusts to 40 and 30 degree drop over the afternoon. Supposed to be colder tomorrow. Time for oyster stew. ---
**Author:** ![water](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/water/32/131_2.png) [@water](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/water)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 7:54am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wondering-how-is-the-weather-offshore-right-now/11803/3 "2014-01-06T07:54:55Z")
Cold enough for smoke on the water coming back to Fourchon from MC. 🙂 A first for most of the crew. ---
**Author:** ![c.captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/c.captain/32/807_2.png) [@c.captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/c.captain)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 8:00am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wondering-how-is-the-weather-offshore-right-now/11803/4 "2014-01-06T08:00:53Z")
didn’t know Deep Purple was playing the Gulf? [//youtu.be/7mCK05dgwgU](https://youtu.be/7mCK05dgwgU) ROCK ON BRO! ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Lee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Capt\_Lee](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Capt_Lee)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 9:21am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wondering-how-is-the-weather-offshore-right-now/11803/5 "2014-01-06T09:21:07Z")
12-14 footers in Mexico with an occasional 17 footer. 3 meter heave up 3 meter heave down. Gusts to 48 knots. Great sleeping weather. Choppers turned around. Glad my crew change is Thursday and not Monday. ---
**Author:** ![captaint76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@captaint76](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/captaint76)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 9:41am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wondering-how-is-the-weather-offshore-right-now/11803/6 "2014-01-06T09:41:30Z")
> [@"Capt. Lee"](#): > > 12-14 footers in Mexico with an occasional 17 footer. 3 meter heave up 3 meter heave down. Gusts to 48 knots. Great sleeping weather. Choppers turned around. Glad my crew change is Thursday and not Monday. Exactly what we are seeing still 80 miles south of Hole in the Wall. Has been like this since we left the rig at 120nm. ---
**Author:** ![captrob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@captrob](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/captrob)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 11:25am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wondering-how-is-the-weather-offshore-right-now/11803/7 "2014-01-06T11:25:40Z")
So glad I’m in front of the fire with a big pot of buffalo chili on the stove and the better part of a bottle of a very decent Cab, down the hatch. ---
**Author:** ![PaddyWest2012](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/paddywest2012/32/2405_2.png) [@PaddyWest2012](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/PaddyWest2012)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wondering-how-is-the-weather-offshore-right-now/11803/8 "2014-01-06T12:16:43Z")
25 to 30 footers, with the occasional 45 footer, off the coast of Montana this morning, but only because Sweat-n-Grease is mad about how cold it is up there these days and he’s been pounding his fists in the bathtub out of frustration. Anybody hear from that old s-o-b lately? How the hell is he doing? ---
**Author:** ![c.captain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/c.captain/32/807_2.png) [@c.captain](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/c.captain)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wondering-how-is-the-weather-offshore-right-now/11803/9 "2014-01-06T15:03:47Z")
[QUOTE=PaddyWest2012;127733]25 to 30 footers, with the occasional 45 footer, off the coast of Montana this morning, but only because Sweat-n-Grease is mad about how cold it is up there these days and he’s been pounding his fists in the bathtub out of frustration. Anybody hear from that old s-o-b lately? How the hell is he doing?[/QUOTE] I’ll email the old curmudgeon to see how he is fairing in the far Bitteroots… can’t be very pleasant, that’s for sure! ---
**Author:** ![PaddyWest2012](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/paddywest2012/32/2405_2.png) [@PaddyWest2012](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/PaddyWest2012)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 4:47pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wondering-how-is-the-weather-offshore-right-now/11803/10 "2014-01-06T16:47:43Z")
[QUOTE=c.captain;127745]I’ll email the old curmudgeon to see how he is fairing in the far Bitteroots… can’t be very pleasant, that’s for sure![/QUOTE] Tell him he’s missed but not to let it go to his head or we’ll have to knock him down a peg or two… ---
**Author:** ![mtskier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b77776/32.png) [@mtskier](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/mtskier)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wondering-how-is-the-weather-offshore-right-now/11803/11 "2014-01-06T19:01:03Z")
The Bitteroots are the sunbelt of Montana! I’ll be glad to get back to the Flathead weds. night to check on the weather personally! Had 10-12 footers and wind up to the low 50’s at LOOP this morning… ---
**Author:** ![Fla-cracker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@Fla-cracker](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Fla-cracker)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wondering-how-is-the-weather-offshore-right-now/11803/12 "2014-01-06T22:59:05Z")
At 0100 on Tuesday it’s still blowing 25-35 with gusts to 40 knots at 60 nm from Hole in the Wall. The platform still calls us every couple of hours for a weather report. Doesn’t a squillion dollar oil platform have an anemometer? Geez, could you walk outside and look maybe? ---
**Author:** ![z-drive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c37758/32.png) [@z-drive](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/z-drive)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 4:01am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wondering-how-is-the-weather-offshore-right-now/11803/13 "2014-01-07T04:01:06Z")
> [@"c.captain"](#): > > I see gale warnings up for the entire GoM right now. Any reports from the battlefield? > > Glad I am not there! But where’s the freezing spray?!??!? No fun without that. ---
**Author:** ![PaddyWest2012](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/paddywest2012/32/2405_2.png) [@PaddyWest2012](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/PaddyWest2012)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 6:24am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wondering-how-is-the-weather-offshore-right-now/11803/14 "2014-01-07T06:24:46Z")
[QUOTE=z-drive;127774]But where’s the freezing spray?!??!? No fun without that.[/QUOTE] They might just have it before long. Hasn’t anyone seen that movie “The Day After Tomorrow”? We all know how this is going to end but it yous guys in New York who are going to get really screwed! I think the poster for the movie had the back end of a tanker standing on end somewhere in the 20-40-odd feet that is beautiful Bay Ridge anchorage. ---
**Author:** ![cmakin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/48db29/32.png) [@cmakin](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/cmakin)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2014, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/wondering-how-is-the-weather-offshore-right-now/11803/15 "2014-01-07T10:56:34Z")
[QUOTE=water;127712]Cold enough for smoke on the water coming back to Fourchon from MC. 🙂 A first for most of the crew.[/QUOTE] “Smoke on the Water” back in the winter of 83/84 running between Lake Charles and Mobile [![](http://farm1.staticflickr.com/39/79668760_a316ec6caf_z.jpg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmakin/79668760/) [Towing2 83](http://www.flickr.com/photos/cmakin/79668760/) by [cmakin](http://www.flickr.com/people/cmakin/), on Flickr