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FZNT27 KNHC 181506
OFFN06

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1106 AM EDT Wed Aug 18 2021

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

.SYNOPSIS...Hurricane Grace near 19.4N 82.2W 992 mb at 11 AM EDT
moving WNW at 13 kt. Maximum sustained winds 65 kt gusts 80 kt.
Grace will move to 19.7N 84.5W this evening, inland to 20.3N
87.6W Thu morning, weaken to a tropical storm near 20.6N 90.5W
Thu evening, strengthen to a hurricane near 20.7N 93.2W Fri
morning, 20.7N 95.3W Fri evening, and move inland and weaken to
a tropical storm near 20.5N 97.7W Sat morning. Winds and seas
will begin to increase across the southeastern Gulf ahead of
Grace today. These conditions will shift to west of 90W Thu
through late Fri night. 

Northwest Gulf of Mexico

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.TONIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.THU...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.FRI...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. 
.SAT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SUN...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 

North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.TONIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to
3 ft late. 
.THU...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to SW late. Seas 3 to
5 ft. 
.SAT...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.SUN...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.SUN NIGHT...SW to W winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.