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FZNT25 KNHC 282116
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
516 PM 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 PANAMA
CITY FLORIDA TO 27N87W WILL BECOME DIFFUSE THROUGH EARLY SAT.
TROPICAL STORM ERIKA NEAR 17.9N 71.2W 1009 MB AT 5 PM EDT AUG
28 MOVING W OR 280 DEG AT 18 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT
GUSTS 55 KT. ERIKA IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN TO A DEPRESSION AS IT
PASSES OVER EASTERN AND CENTRAL CUBA OVER THE WEEKEND BEFORE
ENTERING THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA AS A TROPICAL STORM NEAR 24.0N
81.0W SUN AFTERNOON...REACHING 27.0N 82.5W MON AFTERNOON AND
DIMINISHING TO A DEPRESSION AS IT MOVES INLAND TO 29.0N 82.5W
TUE AFTERNOON. 

.TONIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS...BUILDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE TO E WINDS 15 TO
20 KT...INCREASING TO 25 TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO
4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE WINDS 30 TO
35 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.TUE...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NW TO N WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING NW 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.WED...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 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 17.9N 71.2W 1009 MB AT
5 PM EDT AUG 28 MOVING W OR 280 DEG AT 18 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED
WINDS 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT. ERIKA WILL REACH THE WINDWARD PASSAGE
NEAR 19.5N 73.5W EARLY SAT MORNING AND DIMINISH TO A DEPRESSION
AS IT MOVES INTO CUBA NEAR 21.3N 76.5W SAT AFTERNOON. THE
DEPRESSION WILL REACH 22.7N 79.3W EARLY SUN MORNING BEFORE
INTENSIFYING TO A TROPICAL STORM OVER THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA
NEAR 24.0N 81.0W SUN AFTERNOON AND PROGRESSING N-NW AWAY FROM
THE AREA. HIGH PRES WILL DOMINATE THE NE PORTION OF THE AREA
THROUGH THE PERIOD.

.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT...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...E TO SE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 3 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. E TO SE WINDS 30 TO
35 KT S OF 27N...AND E TO SE 25 TO 30 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO
8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SE WINDS 30 TO
35 KT S OF 27N...AND E TO SE 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO
8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND E TO SE
15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...
AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE TO S 15 TO 20 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND 3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N.