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FZNT25 KNHC 120913
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
513 AM EDT Thu Aug 12 2021

...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...At 5 AM EDT, Tropical Depression Fred is off
northern Haiti near 20.2N 73.5W, with a surface pressure of
1010 mb, moving WNW at 14 kt. Maximum sustained winds are 30 kt
with gusts to 40 kt. Fred is expected to move across the eastern
Straits of Florida as a tropical storm by Fri night, enter the
far southeast Gulf of Mexico on Sat, and move northward along
the far eastern Gulf into early next week. Elsewhere, gentle to 
moderate winds and slight seas will persist through the period. 

.TODAY...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TONIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.FRI...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Scattered showers
and isolated tstms. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt, increasing to 25 to 30 kt
after midnight. Seas 3 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.SAT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE winds 30 to 40 kt.
Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SUN NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON...S to SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...At 5 AM EDT, Tropical Depression Fred is over the 
northern entrance to the Windward Passage near 20.2N 73.5W, with
a surface pressure of 1010 mb, moving to the WNW at 14 kt.
Maximum  sustained winds are 30 kt with gusts to 40 kt. Fred
will move to  21.0N 75.1W this afternoon, 22.0N 77.2W Fri
morning, then strengthen to a tropical storm near 23.0N 79.1W
Fri afternoon. Fred will cross the eastern Straits of Florida
and into the far southeast  Gulf of Mexico by late Fri night
into early Sat morning.  Elsewhere, mostly moderate E to SE
winds and moderate seas will  persist between Fred and the
Bermuda-Azores high farther to the  northeast in the north
central Atlantic. 

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.TODAY...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.TONIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming E 20 to 25 kt
after midnight. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated
tstms. 
.FRI...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S of 24N W of 77W 
winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in open waters. Elsewhere E to 
SE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and 
isolated tstms. 
.FRI NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S of 25N W of 
79W winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in open waters. Elsewhere E
to SE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and 
isolated tstms. 
.SAT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S of 27N,SE winds
30 to 35 kt, diminishing to 20 to 25 kt in the afternoon. N of
27N,SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and SE 15 to 20 kt N
of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and E to SE 15 to
20 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.MON...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and E to SE 10 to 15 kt
N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft.