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FZNT25 KNHC 180936
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
536 AM EDT Wed Aug 18 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...Tropical Storm Grace over the northwest Caribbean
Sea near 18.8N 80.9W 998 mb at 5 AM EDT moving W at 14 kt.
Maximum sustained winds 55 kt gusts 65 kt. Grace will move to
19.3N 83.2W this afternoon, strengthen to a hurricane near 19.9N
86.4W late tonight with maximum sustained winds 75 kt guts
90 kt, and weaken to a tropical storm inland the northern
Yucatan Peninsula Thu afternoon with maximum sustained winds
50 kt gusts 60 kt Grace will re-strengthen to a hurricane near
20.7N 93.4W Fri afternoon with maximum sustained winds 65 kt
gusts 80 kt, reach to near 20.7N 96.8W late Fri night and move
inland late Sat night. Winds and seas will begin to increase
across the southeastern Gulf ahead of Grace today. These
conditions will shift to west of 90W Thu through late Fri night.
 

.TODAY...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TONIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.THU...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SAT...E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SUN...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...Tropical Storm Henri near 30.1N 65.7W 998 mb at 5 AM
EDT moving W at 7 kt. Maximum sustained winds 55 kt gusts 65 kt.
 Henri will move to 29.9N 66.9W this afternoon with maximum
sustained winds 60 kt gusts 75 kt and maintain intensity as it 
reaches near 29.8N 68.7W late tonight, to near 29.8N 70.6W Thu 
afternoon, to near 30.4N 71.8W late Thu night, then strengthen
to  a hurricane near 31.4N 72.3W Fri afternoon with maximum 
sustained  winds 65 kt gusts 80 kt and to north of the area near 
33.0N 71.9W. Fresh east to southeast winds over the far 
southwest part of the area will shift W to the Straits of 
Florida tonight. Otherwise, high pressure will persist across 
the forecast waters through the period. 

.TODAY...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and E to SE 5 to
10 kt N of 27N. Seas 3  to 4ft. 
.TONIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and E to SE 5 to
10 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.THU...E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and NE to E less than 5 kt N
of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft in the afternoon. 
.THU NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and N less than 5 kt N
of 27N. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.FRI...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SAT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and SE to S
10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
.SUN...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.  
.SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.