000 FZNT25 KNHC 262114 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 514 PM EDT WED AUG 26 2015 ...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...A STATIONARY FRONT FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO 25N90W THEN COLD FRONT TO NEAR CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL CYCLONE DANNY ARE FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA AS A TROUGH LATE FRI...REACHING 85W SAT EVENING...AND THE SW GULF SUN EVENING INTO MON. TROPICAL STORM ERIKA MAY APPROACH THE EASTERN GULF SUN AND MON. .TONIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO SE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .THU...SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO E TO SE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .FRI...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SAT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 0 TO 3 FT. .SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .MON...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT IN THE MORNING...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM ERIKA NEAR 16.6N 58.9W 1005 MB AT 5 PM EDT AUG 26 MOVING W OR 280 DEG AT 15 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT GUSTS 50 KT. ERIKA WILL MOVE TO 18.1N 64.0W THU AFTERNOON...20.5N 69.6W FRI AFTERNOON...THEN CONTINUE TO THE NORTH OF HISPANIOLA INTO THE BAHAMAS OVER THE WEEKEND. IT IS FORECAST TO REACH 22.7N 74.3W SAT AFTERNOON...25.0N 77.7W SUN AFTERNOON...AND POSSIBLY BECOME A HURRICANE AS IT REACHES 27.5N 80.0W MON AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO SE TO S 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .THU...S OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .FRI...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .FRI NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. S OF 27N...SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. .SAT NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .SUN NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .MON...SE TO S WINDS 60 TO 65 KT. SEAS 3 TO 13 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 12 FT N OF 27N.