000 FZNT25 KNHC 011551 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1151 AM EDT THU SEP 1 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 26.4N 86.6W AT 1500 UTC...MOVING NNE OR 030 DEGREES AT 12 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 55 KT GUSTS TO 65 KT. HERMINE IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE MOVING NNE AND BECOME A HURRICANE AS IT REACHES 29.0N 84.8W THIS AFTERNOON. HERMINE WILL BE OVER LAND NEAR 31.1N 82.9W TONIGHT. HERMINE WILL CONTINUE TRACKING NE ACROSS S GEORGIA AND THE COASTAL CAROLINAS ON FRI. NUMEROUS SQUALLS AND TSTMS WILL PUSH INLAND OVER FLORIDA FROM THE NE GULF THROUGH FRI MORNING. WINDS AND SEAS WILL DECREASE FRI THROUGH SAT OVER THE EASTERN GULF AS HERMINE EXITS THE AREA. ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .THIS AFTERNOON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. S WINDS 50 TO 55 KT. SEAS 4 TO 16 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .TONIGHT...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 POSSIBLE. S TO SW WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 3 TO 11 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .FRI NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM HERMINE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO NEAR 27.4N 86.0W AT 1500 UTC WILL MOVE NNE ACROSS THE E CENTRAL GULF THIS MORNING AND ACCELERATE NE ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA EARLY ON FRI. HERMINE IS THEN FORECAST TO TRACK ALONG THE CAROLINA COASTLINES FRI NIGHT AND SAT MORNING. STRONG S WINDS AND HIGH SEAS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NW ATLC WATERS E OF NE FLORIDA TODAY THROUGH FRI ON THE SE PERIPHERY OF HERMINE. 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 S OF 22N SUN THROUGH TUE. ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .THIS AFTERNOON...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND S 15 TO 20 KT 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 20 TO 25 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 7 FT. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 25 TO 30 KT 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 3 TO 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SUN...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.