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FZNT27 KNHC 301611
OFFN06

NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1211 PM EDT TUE AUG 30 2016

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL DEPRESSION NINE CENTERED NEAR 24.0N 87.2W
1004 MB AT 11 AM EDT IS MOVING W NW AT 6 KT WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT GUSTS TO 40 KT. THE DEPRESSION IS FORECAST
TO INTENSIFY TO A TROPICAL STORM NEAR 24.5N 87.3W THIS EVENING
WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT GUSTS TO 45 KT...THEN REACH
NEAR 25.4N 87.4W WED MORNING. THE TROPICAL STORM WILL TURN TO
THE NE AND REACH NEAR 26.9N 86.2W WED EVENING. IT WILL
ACCELERATE AND INTENSIFY AS IT REACHES NEAR 28.5N 84.5W EARLY
THU WITH MAXIMUM WINDS 50 KT GUSTS TO 60 KT. THE TROPICAL STORM
IS FORECAST TO TRACK ACROSS NORTHERN FL THU NIGHT. NUMEROUS
SQUALLS AND SCATTERED TSTMS WILL SPREAD FROM THE SE GULF N AND
NW INTO THE EASTERN GULF THROUGH THU NIGHT. WINDS AND SEAS
DECREASE FRI THROUGH SAT OVER THE EASTERN GULF AS A WEAK PRES
PATTERN SETS UP ACROSS THE AREA. A WEAK TROUGH OVER THE FAR
WESTERN GULF FROM 28N93W TO LOW PRES NEAR 27N97W WILL LINGER
THROUGH TONIGHT THEN DISSIPATE WED. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.WED...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS.
.WED NIGHT...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 
TSTMS.
.THU...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.
.FRI NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING E OF 88W...

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 7 FT. 
.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE E OF 88W. NE TO E
WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 3 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS
E OF 88W.
.WED...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED E OF 88W. NE TO E WINDS
30 TO 40 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT BUILDING TO 8 TO 12 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON...EXCEPT 12 TO 17 FT S OF 27N E OF 87W. NUMEROUS
SQUALLS AND TSTMS E OF 88W.
.WED NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. NE TO E WINDS
35 TO 40 KT...BECOMING NE 45 TO 50 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
E OF 87W...SEAS 12 TO 18 FT. BETWEEN 87W AND 90W...SEAS 8 TO 12
FT.  SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SQUALLS AND TSTMS.
.THU...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. N WINDS 45 TO 50 KT.
E OF 87W...SEAS 12 TO 18 FT. BETWEEN 87W AND 90W...SEAS 6 TO 8 FT
...SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.THU NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...NW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...SHIFTING TO SW 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT IN SE TO S SWELL. 
.FRI NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING E 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.