000 FZNT25 KNHC 071621 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1221 PM EDT Mon Aug 7 2017 ...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 Franklin in the NW Caribbean near 17.7N 85.1W at 11 AM EDT moving W-NW at 12 kt. Maximum sustained winds are 50 kt with gusts to 60 kt. Franklin will move across the Yucatan Peninsula tonight and Tue and enter the Bay of Campeche around 5 PM Tue and be near 20.5N 93.3W at 8 AM Wed. Franklin will intensify to a strong tropical storm near 20.5N 93.3W at 8 AM on Wed, then move inland Mexico near Veracruz by sunrise on Thu. Elsewhere, an E to W ridge will meander across the northern coastal plains. A thermal trough will develop over the Yucatan Peninsula this evening, move slowly westward during the overnight hours, and dissipate over the SW Gulf by late Tue morning. This trough will develop again on Thu and Fri evenings. Gulf waters from 22N to 26N between 87W and 94W .TODAY...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TONIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE...E winds 20 to 25 kt S of 24N, and E to SE 10 to 15 kt elsewhere. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .TUE NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S of 24N, E winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 10 ft. Elsewhere, E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .WED...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S of 24N, E to SE winds 30 to 35 kt. Seas 13 to 14 ft. Elsewhere, E to SE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 9 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .WED NIGHT... TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .THU...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. .THU NIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. .FRI...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. E of 87W .THIS AFTERNOON...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .TONIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .TUE...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .WED...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .THU...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. .THU NIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...A surface high near 30N71W will drift slowly E-NE on Tue and Wed passing near Bermuda early Thu, and continuing away from the area on Fri with a ridge extending westward to NE Florida this Fri. A tropical wave s of 21N will reach along 55W on Tue and pass through the Atlantic approaches to the NE Caribbean on Thu and Fri. .THIS AFTERNOON...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TONIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and SE 10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 ft. .TUE...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TUE NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. .WED...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. .FRI...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.