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FZNT25 KNHC 270925
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
525 AM EDT THU AUG 27 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 NEAR THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO
THE CENTRAL GULF NEAR 25N87W TO 24N94W 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. 

.TODAY...SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...SW TO W WINDS 5 KT...SHIFTING TO SE TO S AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.FRI NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING NE 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 FT IN THE MORNING...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.
.MON...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM ERIKA NEAR 16.8N 61.5W 1003 MB AT
5 AM EDT AUG 27 MOVING W OR 280 DEG AT 14 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT. ERIKA WILL MOVE TO 17.6N 63.5W THIS
AFTERNOON...19.0N 66.2W LATE TONIGHT...20.3N 69.0W FRI
AFTERNOON...21.5N 71.6W LATE FRI NIGHT...24.0N 76.0W LATE SAT
NIGHT...26.5N 78.5W LATE SUN NIGHT WHILE STRENGTHENING TO A
HURRICANE...THEN 29.0N 79.5W LATE MON NIGHT.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 4
FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS.
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.FRI NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S OF 27N...NE TO E
WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...
INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SUN NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.