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FZNT25 KNHC 180254
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1054 PM EDT Thu Oct 17 2019

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Southeast Gulf of Mexico

.SYNOPSIS...Potential Tropical Cyclone Sixteen near 24.1N 93.7W
1004 mb at 0300 UTC moving NE at 10 kt. Maximum sustained winds
35 kt gusts 45 kt. Sixteen will continue moving NE tonight,
reaching near 26.0N 91.1W Fri morning as a Tropical Storm, then
continue NE and gradually expand in size, and strengthen
slightly, reaching just offshore of the western Florida
Panhandle near 30.2N 86.1W Sat morning, before moving NE and
inland Sat. Marine conditions will improve rapidly across the
basin Sat night through Sun as Sixteen accelerates off to the NE
and eventually into the W Atlc waters.  

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.OVERNIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt late. Seas 3 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.FRI...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SE to S winds 25 to
30 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft, building to 3 to 8 ft in the afternoon.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.FRI NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S winds 25 to
30 kt. Seas 3 to 14 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.SAT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SW winds 25 to 30 kt.
Seas 5 to 14 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.SAT NIGHT...W winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft, subsiding to
3 to 7 ft late. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.SUN...NW winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to E 5 to 10 kt in the
afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.MON...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.TUE...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to NW 10 to 15 kt in
the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft in the
afternoon.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...A weak cold front across the NW waters extending
from 31N69W to central Florida will move eastward into the 
central Atlantic through early Fri, then stall and become ill 
defined east of Florida on Fri. Potential Tropical Cyclone
Sixteen in the SW Gulf of Mexico will move NE across the SE U.S.
this  weekend, and produce strong to near gale force southerly
winds  ahead of it across NW Atlc waters Fri night through Sun
night. Weak high pressure will prevail across the area Mon and 
Tue. 

...GALE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE...

.OVERNIGHT...SW to W winds 5 to 10 kt late. Seas 2 ft or less S
of 27N, and 3 to 4 ft N of 27N. 
.FRI...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and
3 ft N of 27N. 
.FRI NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of
27N, and 3 to 4 ft N of 27N. 
.SAT...S winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and SE to S 25 to 30 kt N of
27N. Seas 3 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and S 25 to 30 kt N of
27N. Seas 3 to 9 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.SUN...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and SW to W 20 to
25 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 9 ft. Scattered showers and isolated
tstms. 
.SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and W to NW 10 to
15 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 7 ft N of
27N. 
.MON...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to
4 ft N of 27N. 
.MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of
27N, and 3 to 4 ft N of 27N. 
.TUE...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and S to SW 10 to 15 kt
N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N.