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FZNT27 KNHC 100909
OFFN06

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
509 AM EDT Wed Oct 10 2018

...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available
through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed
Coastal Waters Forecasts...

.SYNOPSIS...Hurricane Michael near 28.3N 86.5W 943 mb at 5 AM EDT
moving N at 11 kt. Maximum sustained winds are 120 kt with gusts
to 145 kt. Michael is expected to make landfall as a Category 4 
hurricane along the coast of the central panhandle of Florida 
late this afternoon, then move inland overnight. Conditions will 
gradually improve in the NE Gulf Thu through Fri as Michael 
accelerates to the NE. A cold front will push into the NW Gulf 
behind the exiting Michael Wed night and Thu and reach from the 
Florida Panhandle to west-central Gulf by early Sat. 

Northwest Gulf of Mexico

.TODAY...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 12 ft. Scattered
showers. 
.TONIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 8 ft. 
.THU...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.SAT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SUN...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.  

North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico

...HURRICANE WARNING...

.TODAY...HURRICANE CONDITIONS. NW winds 85 to 95 kt. Seas 10 to
30 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH HURRICANE
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. W to NW winds 45 to 50 kt, diminishing to
25 to 30 kt late. Seas 8 to 19 ft, subsiding to 5 to 13 ft late.
Scattered thunderstorms. 
.THU...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE WITH HURRICANE
CONDITIONS ALSO POSSIBLE. NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI...N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.SAT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.SUN...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.