000 FZNT27 KNHC 052110 OFFN06 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 510 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016 ...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS... .SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM EARL IS CENTERED OVER THE FAR SW GULF OF MEXICO NEAR 18.8N 95.0W 1001 MB AT 5 PM EDT...MOVING W OR 275 DEG AT 7 KT. EARL IS FORECAST TO MAINTAIN TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH AND MOVE INLAND NEAR 18.8N 96.1W AT 2 AM SAT. EARL IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN TO A POST TROPICAL LOW INLAND NEAR 18.8N 96.9W AT 2 PM SAT...AND THEN DISSIPATE ON SAT NIGHT. AN E TO W RIDGE WILL MEANDER FROM THE SE GULF WATERS TO THE NE TEXAS COAST THROUGH WED. A SERIES OF WEAK TROUGHS...ACCOMPANIED BY TSTMS...WILL PASS E ACROSS THE NE GULF WATERS TO THE N OF THE RIDGE AXIS THROUGH WED. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT A SURFACE LOW MAY DEVELOP ALONG ANY OF THESE TROUGHS...WITH THE LOW MOVING QUICKLY NE ACROSS THE NE COASTAL PLAINS. NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO .TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SAT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SUN...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT IN THE MORNING...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. .MON NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .TUE...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS... BUILDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .WED...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .WED NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO .TONIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT IN THE EVENING... SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. .SAT...SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .SAT NIGHT...SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SUN...SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .SUN NIGHT...SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .MON...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON NIGHT...SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS... BUILDING TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. .TUE...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .TUE NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .WED...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .WED NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.