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FZNT25 KNHC 310923
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
523 AM EDT WED AUG 31 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 24.5N 88.1W
AT 0900 UTC AUG 31 MOVING N AT 2 KT WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
30 KT GUSTS TO 40 KT. THE DEPRESSION IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY TO
A TROPICAL STORM NEAR 25.4N 87.8W LATER THIS MORNING THEN VEER
MORE N-NE AND REACH NEAR 26.9N 86.9W EARLY THU. 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...

.TODAY...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S WINDS 30 TO 35 KT.
SEAS 4 TO 12 FT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S WINDS 35 TO
40 KT. SEAS 4 TO 12 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S TO SW WINDS 30 TO
40 KT. SEAS 4 TO 14 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S TO SW WINDS 25
TO 30 KT. SEAS 3 TO 13 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.FRI...S TO 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 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...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 NEAR 24.5N 88.1W IN THE
GULF OF MEXICO IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY TO A TROPICAL STORM
LATER THIS MORNING...MOVE N THEN NE ACROSS THE E CENTRAL GULF
AND ACCELERATE NE ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA THU NIGHT. THE STORM
IS FORECAST TO TRACK ACROSS THE FAR NW ATLC WATERS EARLY 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.

.TODAY...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 15 TO 20 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 20 TO 25 KT
N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 15 TO 20 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SE TO S WINDS
15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND S 25 TO 30 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. SE TO S WINDS 15 TO
20 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW 25 TO 30 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO
9 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 25 TO 30 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 11 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW 20 TO 25 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE 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.