000
FZNT25 KNHC 281536
OFFN04

NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1136 AM EDT FRI AUG 28 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 WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE
FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION TO 24N94W WILL BECOME DIFFUSE THROUGH
EARLY SAT. TROPICAL STORM ERIKA ACROSS THE NE CARIBBEAN IS
EXPECTED TO EMERGE OFF OF N HISPANIOLA LATE TONIGHT AND APPROACH
SOUTH FLORIDA SUNDAY...THEN CONTINUE NORTHWARD ACROSS THE
FLORIDA PENINSULA MON AND TUE. ERIKA MAY IMPACT THE EASTERN GULF
SAT NIGHT THROUGH TUE AND LOCAL INTERESTS SHOULD CLOSELY FOLLOW
THE PROGRESS OF ERIKA. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 0 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE TO E WINDS 10 TO
15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.TUE...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NW TO N WINDS 10 TO
15 KT. SEAS 3 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM ERIKA NEAR 17.7N 69.4W 1008 MB AT
11 AM MOVING W-NW OR 280 DEG AT 16 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
45 KT GUSTS 55 KT. ERIKA WILL CONTINUE W-NW AND ACROSS
HISPANIOLA THIS AFTERNOON REACHING 19.3N 71.4W THIS
EVENING...THEN WILL MOVE N OF HISPANIOLA TO 20.8N 74.5W SAT
MORNING AND CONTINUE N OF CUBA TO 22.3N 77.3W SAT
EVENING...23.5N 79.2W SUN MORNING...THEN OVER SOUTH FLORIDA NEAR
26.0N 81.5W BY MON MORNING. ONLY MODEST FLUCTUATIONS IN THE
STRENGTH OF ERIKA ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED THROUGH SUN.

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE 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. 
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. CHANCE OF
TSTMS. 
.SAT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. E TO SE WINDS 15 TO
20 KT...BECOMING E 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. E WINDS 35 TO
40 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 8 FT N OF 27N.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S OF 27N...E TO SE
WINDS 40 TO 45 KT. N OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 35 TO 40 KT...
DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 9 FT S OF
27N...AND 4 TO 8 FT N OF 27N. 
.SUN NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.TUE...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.