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FZNT25 KNHC 251517
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1117 AM EDT Tue Aug 25 2020

...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...Hurricane Laura centered north of the Yucatan
Channel near 23.7N 87.0W at 1500 UTC moving W-NW or 290 deg at
14 kt. Maximum sustained winds 65 kt gusts 80 kt. Laura will
continue to gradually intensify as it reaches near 24.6N 89.2W
early tonight, reaches near 26.0N 91.5W Wed morning with maximum
sustained winds 90 kt gusts 110 kt, and continue over the NW
Gulf to near 28.0N 93.3W early Wed night with maximum sustained
winds 100 kt gusts 120 kt. Laura is then expected to move more
northward and inland late Wed night through early Thu morning
and reach near 30.5N 93.9W Thu morning. Laura will then weaken
quickly as it moves northward and well inland Thu and Thu night.
Expect long-period swell from Laura to impact most of the basin
through Thu. Atlantic high pressure will build westward over the
eastern Gulf in the wake of Laura.  

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.THIS AFTERNOON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. SE winds 45 to
50 kt, diminishing to 35 to 40 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to
21 ft in E to SE swell. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. E to SE winds
25 to 30 kt. Seas 3 to 17 ft in S swell, becoming 3 to 11 ft
after midnight. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.WED...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 8 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.THU...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers
and isolated tstms. 
.THU NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.FRI...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.SAT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...Hurricane Laura centered across the southern Gulf of
 Mexico near 23.7N 87.0W at 1500 UTC moving W-NW or 290 deg at
14 kt. Laura will begin to move more NW and gradually strengthen
this afternoon through Wed. Otherwise, high pressure just north
of the area will gradually shift southward through the rest of
this week and into Sat. Fresh to strong southeast winds over the
southwest  part of the area will diminish to mainly moderate
speeds on Tue. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and E 10 to 15 kt
N of 27N. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers
and isolated tstms. 
.WED...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.THU...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and SE 10 to 15 kt N
of 27N. Seas 3 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and SE 10 to
15 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 ft. 
.FRI...SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and S 10 to 15 kt N of 27N.
Seas 3 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.SAT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and SW 10 to 15 kt N of 27N.
Seas 3 to 4 ft.