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FZNT25 KNHC 311601
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1201 PM 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 24.6N 88.0W
AT 1500 UTC AUG 31 NEARLY STATIONARY WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS 30 KT GUSTS TO 40 KT. THE DEPRESSION IS FORECAST TO BEGIN
MOVING NNE AND BECOME A TROPICAL STORM NEAR 25.9N 87.4W LATER
THIS AFTERNOON THEN TURN NE AND REACH NEAR 27.3N 86.5W AROUND
SUNRISE ON THU. THE TROPICAL STORM WILL INTENSIFY FURTHER AS IT
CONTINUES NE AND ACCELERATE AND MOVES TOWARD THE FLORIDA BIG
BEND REGION THU...THEN TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN FL FRI MORNING.
NUMEROUS SQUALLS AND SCATTERED TSTMS WILL SPREAD N AND NE FROM
THE SE GULF INTO THE EASTERN GULF THROUGH FRI MORNING. WINDS AND
SEAS WILL DECREASE FRI THROUGH SAT OVER THE EASTERN GULF AS THE
TROPICAL STORM MOVES AWAY. 

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.THIS AFTERNOON...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT IN S TO SW
SWELL. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.THU...S TO SW WINDS 25 TO 35 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT IN SW SWELL.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.THU NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 30 TO 35 KT DECREASING TO 20 TO 30 KT
BY DAWN. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.FRI...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT IN THE MORNING...
SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN NIGHT...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 24.6N 88.0W IN THE
GULF OF MEXICO IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY TO A TROPICAL STORM
LATER THIS AFTERNOON...BEGIN TO MOVE N THEN NE ACROSS THE E
CENTRAL GULF AND ACCELERATE NE ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA FRI. 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 ATLC IS EXPECTED TO CROSS
55W SAT...WITH HIGH WINDS AND SEAS POSSIBLE N OF 19N.

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 20 TO
25 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 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 4 TO 6 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...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW
20 TO 30 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.