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FZNT25 KNHC 260252
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1052 PM EDT Fri Aug 25 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...Weak high pressure centered across the SE U.S. will
dominate the basin through the upcoming weekend, providing
gentle to moderate winds. Developing low pres over the NW
Caribbean is expected to gradually become better organized and a
tropical depression is likely to form late this weekend or early
next week while it moves generally northward over the eastern
Gulf of Mexico. Expect increasing winds and seas over the
eastern Gulf early next week. 

.OVERNIGHT...NE to E winds 5 to 10 kt late. Seas 2 ft or less.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.SAT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
Isolated tstms. 
.SUN...E winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.
.MON...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building
to 3 ft in the afternoon. 
.MON NIGHT...SE to S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.TUE...SE to S winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...S to SW winds 20 to 30 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft. 
.WED...SW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.WED NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...Tropical Storm Franklin is near 22.4N 66.2W at
11 PM EDT, and is moving east-northeast at 7 kt. Maximum 
sustained winds are 50 kt with gusts to 60 kt, and the minimum 
central pressure is 996 mb. Franklin will move to 23.0N 66.0W Sat
morning, 23.9N 66.3W Sat evening, 25.3N 67.0W Sun morning, 
strengthen to a hurricane near 27.0N 67.9W Sun evening, 28.8N 
68.4W Mon morning, and 30.5N 68.4W Mon evening. Franklin will 
change little in intensity as it moves well N of the area to 
34.7N 66.5W late Tue. High pressure will build westward across the 
region Tue and Wed as Franklin exits. Winds may increase offshore
Florida Tue night through Wed as a low pres system moves N-NE 
across the eastern Gulf of Mexico. 

.OVERNIGHT...S of 27N, N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt late.
N of 27N, NE winds 10 to 15 kt late. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, 
and 4 to 6 ft N of 27N. 
.SAT...N winds 5 to 10 kt S of 27N, and NE 10 to 15 kt N of 27N.
Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N.
Scattered showers and slight chance of tstms. 
.SAT NIGHT...S of 27N, N to NE winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to
E to SE late. N of 27N, E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or 
less S of 27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N. Chance of showers. 
.SUN...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and
3 to 4 ft N of 27N. Chance of tstms.
.SUN NIGHT...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of
27N, and 3 to 5 ft N of 27N. 
.MON...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and
3 to 5 ft N of 27N. 
.MON NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and
4 to 6 ft N of 27N. 
.TUE...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and
4 to 6 ft N of 27N. 
.TUE NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. S of 27N, seas 2 ft or less,
building to 3 ft late. N of 27N, seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.WED...S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 ft S of 27N, and 4 to 6 ft
N of 27N. 
.WED NIGHT...S to SW winds 20 to 25 kt. S of 27N, seas 3 ft,
subsiding to 2 ft or less. N of 27N, seas 5 to 7 ft.