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FZNT25 KNHC 010336
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1136 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 STORM HERMINE IS CENTERED NEAR 25.8N 87.0W
AT 0300 UTC...MOVING N-NE OR 25 DEGREES AT 9 KT. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 50 KT GUSTS TO 60 KT. HERMINE IS FORECAST TO
CONTINUE MOVING NNE AND REACH NEAR 26.9N 86.4W THU MORNING AND
THEN BEGIN TO ACCELERATE TOWARD THE NE AND REACH NEAR 28.7N
85.4W THU EVENING AS A HURRICANE. HERMINE WILL THEN MOVE INLAND
ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION LATE THU NIGHT BEFORE
TRACKING NE ACROSS INLAND GEORGIA ON FRI. NUMEROUS SQUALLS AND
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 EXITS THE AREA. 

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.OVERNIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. SE TO S WINDS 30 TO 50
KT. SEAS 6 TO 14 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS.
.THU...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S WINDS 30 TO 55 KT.
SEAS 7 TO 16 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S TO SW WINDS
40 TO 50 KT. SEAS 4 TO 16 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.FRI...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S TO SW WINDS 30 TO
35 KT...DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO
11 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S WINDS 20 TO
25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 9 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING
TO 3 FT LATE. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM HERMINE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO NEAR
25.8N 87.0W AT 0300 UTC AND WILL MOVE NNE ACROSS THE E CENTRAL
GULF TONIGHT AND ACCELERATE NE ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA THU NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY. HERMINE IS THEN FORECAST TO TRACK INLAND AND NE
ACROSS THE SE U.S. COASTAL ZONES FRI THROUGH SAT. ELSEWHERE A
RIDGE ALONG 25N WITH STRENGTHEN BRIEFLY THU THROUGH FRI. STRONG
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NW ATLC WATERS OFF OF NE
FLORIDA THU THROUGH FRI WITH HIGH SEAS ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE
INLAND TROPICAL CYCLONE. A STRONG TROPICAL WAVE IN THE EASTERN
ATLC IS EXPECTED TO CROSS 55W SAT AND REACH THE FAR SE WATERS BY
MON. EXPECT STRONG WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS WITH THIS WAVE N OF
19N.

.OVERNIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND S 20 TO
25 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 6 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 6 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 20 TO 25 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SE TO S WINDS 15 TO
20 KT S OF 27N...AND S 20 TO 25 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 7 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE 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 7 FT. 
.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...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND
3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N. 
.SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND E TO SE
10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. S OF 27N...SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO
3 FT LATE. N OF 27N...SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.MON...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND E 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 3 FT.