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FZNT25 KNHC 131457
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1057 AM EDT Thu Sep 13 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...A broad area of low pressure in the central gulf
will shift northwest and reach inland southeast Texas on Fri
evening. Fresh to locally strong easterly winds are forecast
over the northeast semicircle of the low. This system has a
medium chance of becoming a tropical cyclone prior to reaching
the Texas coast. A northwest to southeast orientated surface
ridge will set up from central Louisiana to Florida Bay by early
Sat, with a surface high developing along the ridge near 27N91W
late Sat. The surface high will shift slightly south early next
week as a surface trough passes slowly east across the
north-central gulf waters.  

.THIS AFTERNOON...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.TONIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.FRI...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.FRI NIGHT...N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.SAT...NW to N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.SAT NIGHT...NW to N winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.SUN...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.SUN NIGHT...W winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to SE after midnight.
Seas 2 ft or less. 
.MON...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...Hurricane Florence near 33.4N 75.5W 955 mb at 11 AM
EDT moving NW at 9 kt. Maximum sustained winds 90 kt gusts
110 kt. Florence will move to 33.9N 76.6W this evening, inland
to 34.2N 77.8W Fri morning, inland near 34.1N 78.7W Fri evening,
weaken to a tropical storm near 34.0N 79.6W Sat morning, weaken
to a tropical depression near 34.3N 81.8W Sun morning, reach
near 36.9N 83.0W early Mon, and become extratropical near 40.3N
79.2W on Tue. Large swell generated by Florence will continue to
affect the Atlc waters N of the Bahamas through late Fri. Large
swells are also forecast east of 70W through Fri night. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and W 10 to
15 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 10 ft in NE to E swell. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and S to SW 15 to 20 kt N
of 27N. Seas 3 to 9 ft in NE swell. 
.FRI...E winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and SW 15 to 20 kt N of 27N.
Seas 3 to 7 ft in NE swell. 
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and S to SW 15 to 20 kt
N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SAT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and SW to W 15 to 20 kt
N of 27N. Seas 3 to 6 ft in NE to E swell. 
.SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and S 15 to 20 kt
N of 27N. Seas 3 to 7 ft in E swell. 
.SUN...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and SE to S 15 to 20 kt
N of 27N. Seas 3 to 7 ft in E swell. 
.SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and SE 15 to 20 kt N
of 27N. Seas 3 to 6 ft in E swell. 
.MON...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.