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FZNT25 KNHC 260946
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
546 AM EDT Wed Aug 26 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 near 26.1N 90.7W 981 mb at
5 AM EDT is moving WNW at 13 kt. Maximum sustained winds have
increased to 95 kt gusts 115 kt. Laura will strengthen into a
major hurricane this afternoon near 27.4N 92.4W with maximum
sustained winds 115 kt gusts 140 kt, and continue over the NW
Gulf to along the coast near 29.7N 93.5W late tonight with
maximum sustained winds 105 kt gusts 130 kt. Laura will move
inland and weaken to a tropical storm near 32.4N 93.7W Thu
afternoon and weaken further to a tropical depression well
inland near 34.8N 92.9W late 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.  

.TODAY...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.TONIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered 
showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.THU...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers 
and isolated thunderstorms. 
.THU NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.FRI...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.SAT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. 
.SUN...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft or less. 

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...High pressure just north of the area will gradually 
shift southward through the rest of this week and into Sat. A
cold front will reach the southeastern coast of the U.S. late
Sat, and reach to just north of the area Sun. Fresh southwest
winds will precede the front. 

.TODAY...E winds 10 to 15 kt. S of 27N, seas 2 to 3 ft. N of 27N, 
seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms S of 
27N. Isolated showers and thunderstorms N of 27N.
.WED NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of
27N, and 3 to 4 ft N of 27N. Scattered showers and isolated
thunderstorms S of 27N. Isolated showers and thunderstorms N of
27N.
.THU...E to SE winds 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to
4 ft N of 27N. Isolated showers and thunderstorms. 
.THU NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and
3 to 4 ft N of 27N.  Isolated showers and thunderstorms. 
.FRI...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. 
.SAT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and
3 to 4 ft N of 27N. 
.SUN...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to
4 ft N of 27N. 
.SUN NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of
27N, and 3 to 4 ft N of 27N.