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FZNT25 KNHC 290951
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
551 AM EDT SAT AUG 29 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 EXTENDS FROM FLORIDA
BIG BEND REGION TO CENTRAL GULF NEAR 26N90W AND WILL GRADUALLY
DISSIPATE THROUGH TONIGHT. TROPICAL STORM ERIKA NEAR 19.1N75.1W
1008 MB AT 5 AM EDT MOVING WNW OR 290 DEG AT 17 KT. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT GUSTS 40 KT. ERIKA WILL CONTINUE WEST
NORTHWEST AND REACH EASTERN CUBA THIS AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH TO
A DEPRESSION AS IT CONTINUES INLAND TO NEAR 22.3N80.3W TONIGHT.
THE DEPRESSION WILL EMERGE OVER THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA SUN AND
REACH NEAR 24N82.1W SUN AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE NORTH NORTHWEST
ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND RESTRENGTHEN TO A TROPICAL
STORM...REACHING NEAR 25.2N83.2W EARLY MON AND NEAR 27N84W EARLY
TUE...THEN CONTINUE NORTHWARD INTO THE FAR NE COASTAL WATERS
THROUGH WED.  

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE TO E WINDS 25 TO
30 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS.
.SUN NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. NE TO E WINDS
30 TO 35 KT. SEAS 5 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS.
.MON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SE WINDS 30 TO 35 KT.
SEAS 6 TO 9 FT.
.MON NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.TUE...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.TUE NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM ERIKA NEAR 19.1N75.1W 1008 MB AT 5 AM
 EDT MOVING WNW OR 290 DEG AT 17 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35 
KT GUSTS 40 KT. ERIKA WILL CONTINUE WEST NORTHWEST AND REACH 
EASTERN CUBA NEAR 20.3N 77.5.0W THIS AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH TO A
 DEPRESSION AS IT CONTINUES INLAND NEAR 22.3N 80.3W TONIGHT. THE
 DEPRESSION WILL EMERGE OVER THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA SUN AND
REACH  NEAR 24N82.1W SUN AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE NORTH NORTHWEST
ACROSS  THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND RESTRENGTHEN TO A
TROPICAL STORM  MON AND TUE. STRONG SE WINDS AND SQUALLS WILL
MOVE W-NW THROUGH  THE BAHAMAS TODAY AHEAD OF ERIKA AND INTO SE
FLORIDA TONIGHT.  OTHERWISE...HIGH PRES WILL DOMINATE THE NE
PORTION OF THE AREA  THROUGH THE PERIOD. 

.TODAY...E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. E TO SE WINDS
20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 4 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS.
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT S
OF 27N...AND SE 15 TO 20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. S OF 27N...SEAS 3 FT IN
THE EVENING...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. N OF 27N...SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND
3 TO 5 FT N OF 27N. 
.TUE NIGHT...E TO 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. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS S OF 27N...AND
3 TO 4 FT N OF 27N.