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FZNT25 KNHC 252045
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
445 PM 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
Peninsula near 24.7N 88.3W at 2100Z moving W-NW or 300 deg at
15 kt. Maximum sustained winds 70 kt gusts 85 kt. Laura will
continue to gradually intensify as it reaches near 25.7N 90.3W
tonight, reaches near 27.5N 92.4W Wed afternoon with maximum
sustained winds 95 kt gusts 115 kt, and continues over the NW
Gulf to near 29.7N 93.8W Wed night with maximum sustained winds
100 kt gusts 120 kt. Laura is then expected to move more
northward and inland Thu, reach near 32.2N 93.9W Thu afternoon.
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...

.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. SE winds 30 to
35 kt. Seas 4 to 17 ft in S to SW swell. Scattered showers and
isolated tstms. 
.WED...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 9 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.THU...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers
and isolated tstms. 
.THU NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.FRI...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SAT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to SE to S after
midnight. Seas 3 ft. 
.SUN...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...Hurricane Laura centered across the south central 
Gulf of Mexico near 24.7N 88.3W at 2100 UTC, moving W-NW or 300 
deg at 15 kt. Maximum sustained winds 70 kt gusts 85 kt. Laura 
will begin to move more NW and gradually strengthen tonight 
through Wed, and then across the NW Gulf of Mexico. 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 on Tue. 

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