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FZNT25 KNHC 280921
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
521 AM EDT Sat Oct 28 2017

...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...Strong winds follow a cold front currently from SE
Louisiana to Tampico Mexico. Winds will reach minimal gale force
this morning off the Mexican coast off Tampico, and extend S to
Veracruz before diminishing late today. Meanwhile Potential
Tropical Cyclone Eighteen in the NW Caribbean may develop into a
tropical storm later today over western Cuba, and move into the
Straits of Florida late today ahead of the cold front, then move
NE through the northern Bahamas. The cold front will sweep to
the SE of the Gulf in the wake of the potential tropical storm
by late Sun. Winds and seas will diminish across the Gulf
through Sun night. 

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.TODAY...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers
and isolated thunderstorms. 
.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. N winds 30 to
35 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered thunderstorms. 
.SUN...NW to N winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 9 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW to N winds 25 to 30 kt, becoming N 15 to 20 kt
after midnight. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.MON...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 7 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.
.TUE...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.WED...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...Potential Tropical Cyclone Eighteen, located near 
19.6N 84.2W 1005 mb at 0900 UTC moving N at 10 kt. Maximum 
sustained winds 30 kt gust to 40 kt. The cyclone will move NE and 
likely will become a tropical storm as it moves across W Cuba 
reaching 21.7N 82.9W this afternoon, then reach 24.9N 80.1W 
tonight off the Upper Florida Keys ahead of a cold front moving 
through the Gulf of Mexico. The potential tropical storm will pass
over the northern Bahamas early Sun, and reach near 28.7N 76.5W 
by Sun afternoon before becoming an extratropical low ahead N of 
the area ahead of the front. The front will follow in the wake of 
the potential tropical storm, reaching from Bermuda to the 
Windward Passage by Mon afternoon then stalling and weakening 
through mid week.

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.TODAY...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SE winds 20 to
25 kt S of 27N, and SE 10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
Scattered showers. 
.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. SE to S winds
30 to 40 kt S of 27N, and SE 25 to 30 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to
7 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S of 27N,W winds
35 to 40 kt, becoming W to NW 25 to 30 kt in the afternoon. N of
27N,SE winds 35 to 40 kt, shifting to W to NW 40 to 45 kt in the
afternoon. Seas 3 to 9 ft. Scattered thunderstorms. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW winds 20 to 25 kt S of 27N, and NW 25 to 30 kt N
of 27N. Seas 3 to 10 ft. 
.MON...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 9 ft. 
.MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. 
.TUE...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.WED...NE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and NE to E 15 to 20 kt N
of 27N. Seas 3 to 4 ft.