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FZNT25 KNHC 222122
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
522 PM 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.

.TONIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.  Scattered
showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.WED...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.  Scattered
showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.WED NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.THU...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.  Scattered 
showers and isolated thunderstorms. 
.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...NE to E winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SAT...NE winds 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft.
.SUN...Variable winds less than 5 kt, becoming NE 10 kt in the
afternoon. Seas 2 to 4 ft.
.SUN NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 kt in the evening, becoming
variable less than 5 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft in S swell. 

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...Tropical Storm Franklin is in the Caribbean Sea near
15.8N 71.4W at 5 PM EDT, and is moving northwest at 6 kt. 
Maximum sustained winds are 35 kt with gusts to 45 kt, and the 
minimum central pressure is 1002 mb. Franklin will move to near 
17.0N 71.3W late tonight, inland the Dominican Republic near 
19.1N 70.9W Wed afternoon, then back over water near 20.9N 70.3W
late Wed night with maximum sustained winds 35 kt gusts 45 kt, 
and begin to gradually intensify as it moves to near 22.0N 69.3W 
Thu afternoon, to near 22.5N 68.2W late Thu night night with 
maximum sustained winds 45 kt gusts 55 kt, to near 22.9N 67.3W Fri
afternoon with maximum sustained winds 50 kt gusts 60 kt, to near
24.3N 66.7W Sat afternoon with maximum sustained winds 60 kt 
gusts 75 kt and reach hurricane strength near 27.6N 67.7W Sun 
afternoon with maximum sustained winds 75 kt gusts 90 kt. 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. 

.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 in NE to E swell. 
.WED...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and NE 10 to 15 kt N
of 27N. Seas 3 to 4 ft in NE to E swell. 
.WED NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.THU...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and NE 15 to 20 kt N of
27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.SAT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.SAT NIGHT...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SUN...NE winds less than 5 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. 
.SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to S after
midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft.