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FZNT25 KNHC 221533
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1133 AM EDT Tue Aug 22 2023

...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...High pressure over the area will continue through
the period.

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
 Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.TONIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.WED...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.  Scattered
showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.WED NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.THU...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI...NE to E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SAT...NE to E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...Tropical Storm Franklin is near 15.5N 71.1W at 11 AM
EDT, and is moving northwest at 6 kt. Maximum sustained winds are
45 kt with gusts to 55 kt, and the minimum central pressure is 
1002 mb. Franklin will move to near 16.5N 71.3W this evening with 
maximum sustained winds 50 kt gusts 60 kt, inland the Dominican 
Republic near 18.3N 70.9W Wed morning with maximum sustained winds
40 kt gusts 50 kt, then back over water near 20.4N 70.2W Wed 
evening. Franklin will gradually intensify as it moves to near 
22.1N 69.3W Thu morning, to near 22.9N 68.2W Thu evening with 
maximum sustained winds 45 kt gusts to 55 kt and to near 23.3N 
67.1W Fri morning with maximum sustained winds 50 kt gusts 60 kt. 
Franklin will change little in intensity as it moves to near 24.2N
66.3W by early Sat. The remnant low of former tropical cyclone 
Gert is expected to reach near 19N60W by early Wed, with little or
no impacts on winds and seas. A cold front is expected to move 
across the waters E of northern Florida Wed through Thu followed 
by fresh to strong northeast winds and building seas. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and NE
10 to 15 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TONIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt S of 27N, and NE to E 10 to
15 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.WED...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and NE 15 to
20 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.THU...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SAT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.