000 FZNT25 KNHC 310325 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1125 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 24.3N 87.8W 1004 MB AT 0300 UTC MOVING NNW AT 2 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 25.1N 87.7W BY MORNING THEN VEER MORE N-NE AND REACH NEAR 26.3N 87.0W WED EVENING. THE TROPICAL STORM WILL THEN MOVE NE AND 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 WILL DECREASE FRI THROUGH SAT OVER THE EASTERN GULF AS A WEAK PRES PATTERN SETS UP ACROSS THE AREA. ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .OVERNIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .WED...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S WINDS 30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 4 TO 12 FT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED TSTMS. .WED NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S WINDS 35 TO 45 KT. SEAS 4 TO 12 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .THU...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S TO SW WINDS 40 TO 50 KT. SEAS 4 TO 14 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .THU NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S TO SW WINDS 40 TO 45 KT...DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 30 KT LATE. SEAS 3 TO 13 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 5 TO 10 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 BY WED MORNING...THEN MOVE NE ACROSS THE E CENTRAL GULF THROUGH WED NIGHT...AND ACCELERATE NE ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA THU NIGHT. THE TROPICAL STORM IS FORECAST TO TRACK ACROSS THE FAR NW ATLC WATERS LATE THU NIGHT INTO FRI. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NW ATLC WATERS EAST OF NE FLORIDA THU THROUGH FRI 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. .OVERNIGHT...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...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND S 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED 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...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. SE 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. .FRI NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SW TO W 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 WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N... AND 3 TO 5 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.