000 FZNT27 KNHC 120918 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 518 AM EDT Thu Aug 12 2021 ...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed Coastal Waters Forecasts... .SYNOPSIS...At 5 AM EDT, Tropical Depression Fred is off northern Haiti near 20.2N 73.5W, with a surface pressure of 1010 mb, moving WNW at 14 kt. Maximum sustained winds are 30 kt with gusts to 40 kt. Fred is expected to move across the eastern Straits of Florida as a tropical storm by Fri night, enter the far southeast Gulf of Mexico on Sat, and move northward along the far eastern Gulf into early next week. Elsewhere, gentle to moderate winds and slight seas will persist through the period. Northwest Gulf of Mexico .TODAY...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TONIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .FRI...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .FRI NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .MON...E to SE winds 5 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico .TODAY...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TONIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight. .SAT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE E of 85W. Elsewhere, NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE E of 86W. Elsewhere, NW to N winds 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. .MON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE E of 86W. Elsewhere, NW to N winds 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft.