000 FZNT25 KNHC 142038 OFFN04 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 438 PM EDT Tue Sep 14 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 Nicholas near 29.6N 94.7W 1003 mb at 5 PM EDT moving ENE at 4 kt. Maximum sustained winds 35 kt gusts 45 kt. Nicholas will continue to move inland and weaken to a tropical depression near 29.8N 94.0W Wed morning. Tropical storm conditions will remain over the SE Texas and SW Louisiana coastal waters through early this evening. Fresh to strong winds will dominish to moderate to fresh tonight and then prevail over the north-central waters through Wed afternoon. For the remainder of the week, gentle to moderate return flow will dominate across the basin. .TONIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .WED...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .WED NIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .THU...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .THU NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida .SYNOPSIS...A weak surface ridge is providing mainly gentle to moderate easterly winds. Locally fresh winds are over the offshore waters E of the Bahamas due to convection associated with a surface trough that extends to the Turks and Caicos. Environmental conditions are forecast to be conducive for gradual tropical cyclone development during the next few days, and a tropical depression could form while the system moves NNW to N across the western Atlantic. Regardless of development, increased winds and seas are expected over the N-central and NE waters Wed and Thu. .TONIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and E 5 to 10 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED...S of 27N,E winds less than 5 kt, shifting to SE 5 kt in the afternoon. N of 27N,E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .WED NIGHT...S of 27N,S winds less than 5 kt. N of 27N,E winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to S after midnight. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .THU...S to SW winds less than 5 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .THU NIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft after midnight. .FRI...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .FRI NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.