931 FZNT25 KNHC 100316 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1116 PM EDT Sun Sep 9 2018 ...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...Weak ridging over the SE United States will generally maintain light to moderate winds over the basin through Fri night. A trough will move west off the Yucatan coast each evening and dissipate over the SW gulf each morning. The trough will be accompanied by moderate to fresh winds. .OVERNIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .MON...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .MON NIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .TUE...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .TUE NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. .WED...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .WED NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. .THU...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .THU NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...Hurricane Florence near 24.6N 57.7W 974 mb at 11 PM EDT moving W at 6 kt. Maximum sustained winds 80 kt gusts 100 kt. Florence will move to 24.9N 59.1W Mon morning, 25.6N 61.5W Mon evening, 26.5N 64.4W Tue morning, 27.8N 67.6W Tue evening, and 31.2N 73.6W Wed evening. Florence is forecast to rapidly strengthen to a major hurricane by Monday night, and is expected to remain an extremely dangerous major hurricane through Thursday.Florence will continue to 34.0N 77.5W Thu evening, and weaken to a tropical storm while moving inland over 35.2N 79.0W Fri evening. .OVERNIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft in NE to E swell. .TUE NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 8 ft in NE to E swell. .WED...S of 27N,NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. N of 27N,N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming N 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 11 ft in NE to E swell. .WED NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .THU...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .THU NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .FRI...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.