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FZNT25 KNHC 271535
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1135 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 23N90W 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 IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN
TO HURRICANE AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS AND THE SOUTHEAST
COAST OF FLORIDA SUN AND MON.

.THIS AFTERNOON...SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TONIGHT...SW TO W WINDS 5 KT...SHIFTING TO SE TO S AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.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 0 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 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...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE WINDS 5 TO
10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.MON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 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 16.4N 63.3W 1003 MB AT
11 AM EDT AUG 27 MOVING W OR 280 DEG AT 14 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT. ERIKA WILL MOVE TO 17.5N 65.1W THIS
EVENING...18.8N 67.8W FRI MORNING...20.0N 70.5W FRI
EVENING...21.4N 73.1W SAT MORNING...AND 23.9N 77.1W SUN MORNING.
ERIKA WILL STRENGTHEN TO A HURRICANE AS IT MOVES NORTH ALONG THE
EAST COAST OF FLORIDA MON AND TUE.

.THIS AFTERNOON...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF
27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...SHIFTING TO SE 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 5 FT N OF
27N. 
.FRI...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. S OF 27N...SEAS 2 FT OR
LESS...BUILDING TO 0 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SEAS 3 TO
6 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...
BECOMING E 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 0 TO 3 FT S OF
27N...AND 3 TO 7 FT N OF 27N. 
.SAT NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SUN NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.