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FZNT25 KNHC 302146
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
546 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 24.4N 87.3W
1004 MB AT 2100 UTC MOVING NW AT 4 KT WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS 30 KT GUSTS TO 40 KT. THE DEPRESSION IS FORECAST TO TURN N
OVERNIGHT AND INTENSIFY TO A TROPICAL STORM NEAR 24.9N 87.5W
THEN VEER MORE N-NE AND REACH NEAR 26.0N 87.0W WED AFTERNOON.
THE TROPICAL STORM WILL MOVE NE AND REACH NEAR 27.5N 86.0W WED
NIGHT THEN ACCELERATE AND INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION THU...THEN 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 TO DECREASE FRI THROUGH SAT OVER THE EASTERN GULF AS A
WEAK PRES PATTERN SETS UP ACROSS THE AREA.  

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SE TO S WINDS
25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 3 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.WED...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S WINDS 30 TO 40 KT.
SEAS 4 TO 11 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S WINDS 35 TO
45 KT. SEAS 4 TO 11 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S TO SW WINDS 35 TO
45 KT. SEAS 4 TO 12 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SW WINDS 35 TO
40 KT...DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 30 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 12 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 8 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE IN THE SE GULF OF MEXICO IS
EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY TO A TROPICAL STORM...THEN 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 ATLC 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.

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SE TO S 20 TO
25 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.WED...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW 20 TO
25 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.THU...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE N OF 28N. SE TO S WINDS
15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND S 20 TO 25 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.THU NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE N OF 28N. SE TO S
WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND S 20 TO 25 KT N OF 27N. S OF
27N... SEAS 3 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. N OF 27N...SEAS 3 TO
6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.FRI...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE N OF 28N. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 20 TO
25 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 10 FT N OF
27N. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 15 TO 20 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF
27N...AND 3 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. 
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 3 TO 6 FT N OF 27N.