000 FZNT25 KNHC 301615 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1215 PM EDT TUE AUG 30 2016 ...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS... SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO .SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE CENTERED NEAR 24.0N 87.2W 1004 MB AT 11 AM EDT IS MOVING W NW AT 6 KT WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT GUSTS TO 40 KT. THE DEPRESSION IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY TO A TROPICAL STORM NEAR 24.5N 87.3W THIS EVENING WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT GUSTS TO 45 KT...THEN REACH NEAR 25.4N 87.4W WED MORNING. THE TROPICAL STORM WILL TURN TO THE NE AND REACH NEAR 26.9N 86.2W WED EVENING. IT WILL ACCELERATE AND INTENSIFY AS IT REACHES NEAR 28.5N 84.5W EARLY THU WITH MAXIMUM WINDS 50 KT GUSTS TO 60 KT. THE TROPICAL STORM IS FORECAST TO TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN FL THU NIGHT. NUMEROUS SQUALLS AND SCATTERED TSTMS WILL SPREAD FROM THE SE GULF N AND NW INTO THE EASTERN GULF THROUGH THU NIGHT. WINDS AND SEAS DECREASE FRI THROUGH SAT OVER THE EASTERN GULF AS A WEAK PRES PATTERN SETS UP ACROSS THE AREA. A WEAK TROUGH OVER THE FAR WESTERN GULF FROM 28N93W TO LOW PRES NEAR 27N97W WILL LINGER THROUGH TONIGHT THEN DISSIPATE WED. ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .TODAY...S TO SW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA...AND 6 TO 9 FT ELSEWHERE...BUILDING TO 8 TO 11 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. NUMEROUS SQUALLS AND TSTMS. .TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. STRAITS OF FLORIDA...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. ELSEWHERE...S WINDS 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. NUMEROUS SQUALLS AND TSTMS. .WED...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. STRAITS OF FLORIDA... S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. ELSEWHERE...S TO SW WINDS 30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. NUMEROUS SQUALLS AND TSTMS. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT STRAITS OF FLORIDA...AND 6 TO 9 FT ELSEWHERE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .THU...N OF 23N...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. S OF 23N...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT EARLY...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. .THU NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .FRI...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT STRAITS OF FLORIDA...AND S TO SW 15 TO 20 KT ELSEWHERE. SEAS 4 TO 5 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 FT. .SAT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO N TO NE 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .SAT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO N TO NE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE IN THE SE GULF OF MEXICO IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY TO A TROPICAL STORM THIS EVENING...MOVE NE ACROSS THE E CENTRAL GULF WED AND WED NIGHT...AND ACCELERATE NE ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA THU AND THU NIGHT. THE TROPICAL STORM IS FORECAST TO TRACK ACROSS THE FAR NW WATERS LATE THU NIGHT INTO FRI. A TIGHT PRES GRADIENT WILL SET UP OVER THE NW WATERS EAST OF NE FLORIDA THU THROUGH FRI WITH STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS DEVELOPING ACROSS THOSE WATERS WITH COMBINED SEAS BUILDING TO 10 TO 12 FT ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE TROPICAL CYCLONE. A STRONG TROPICAL WAVE IN THE EASTERN ATLANTIC IS EXPECTED TO CROSS 55W SAT...WITH HIGH WINDS AND SEAS POSSIBLE N OF 19N. .THIS AFTERNOON...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT IN E TO SE SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .WED...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .WED NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW 20 TO 25 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .THU...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. .THU NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .FRI...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .FRI NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .SAT...NW TO N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN MIXED SWELL. .SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT.