000 FZNT25 KNHC 221514 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1114 AM EDT THU SEP 22 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...A SURFACE TROUGH ALONG THE TEXAS COAST WILL MOVE INLAND THROUGH THE DAY AS HIGH PRES RIDGING BUILDS IN FROM THE NE. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CLIP THE FAR NE GULF TODAY. FAIRLY TRANQUIL MARINE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT WITH WINDS INCREASING SLIGHTLY IN THE CENTRAL AND W GULF FRI THROUGH SUN AS THE PRES GRADIENT TIGHTENS. AN EARLY SEASON COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE TEXAS COAST LATE MON. .THIS AFTERNOON...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .TONIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .FRI...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SAT...NE WINDS 5 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SUN...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .MON...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL DEPRESSION KARL NEAR 25.0N 62.3W AT 1500 UTC MOVING NW AT 15 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT. KARL IS GRADUALLY BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED AND IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO TROPICAL STORM INTENSITY THIS EVENING NEAR 26.3N 63.7W THEN CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN AS IT TURNS N-NW THEN FRI AND BRUSHES THE FAR NE WATERS. KARL IS THEN EXPECTED TO VEER NE AND ACCELERATE AND EXIT THE AREA FRI NIGHT THROUGH SAT... PASSING E OF BERMUDA. ASSOCIATED SWELL FROM KARL WILL PROPAGATE THROUGH THE ATLC WATERS THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. OTHERWISE A WEAKENING TROUGH OFFSHORE OF FLORIDA WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRI. .THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 FT. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .FRI...S OF 27N...E WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. N OF 27N...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO W TO NW EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON... THEN...SHIFTING TO NE LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT IN THE MORNING...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. .FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW LESS THAN 5 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SAT...S WINDS 5 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SUN...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO NE TO E IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT IN THE MORNING...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT.