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FZNT27 KNHC 311812 AAA
OFFN06

NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST...UPDATED
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1202 PM EDT WED AUG 31 2016

UPDATED TO UPGRADE T.D. NINE TO TROPICAL STORM HERMINE

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

.SYNOPSIS...NEWLY UPGRADED TROPICAL STORM HERMINE IS CENTERED
NEAR 24.7N 88.0W AT 1800 UTC AUG 31 NEARLY STATIONARY WITH
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT GUSTS TO 45 KT. HERMINE IS FORECAST
TO BEGIN MOVING NNE AND BE NEAR 25.9N 87.4W LATER THIS AFTERNOON
THEN TURN NE AND REACH NEAR 27.3N 86.5W AROUND SUNRISE ON THU.
HERMINE WILL INTENSIFY FURTHER AS IT CONTINUES NE AND ACCELERATE
AND MOVES TOWARD THE FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION THU...THEN TRACK
ACROSS NORTHERN FL FRI MORNING. NUMEROUS SQUALLS AND SCATTERED
TSTMS WILL SPREAD N AND NE FROM THE SE GULF INTO THE EASTERN GULF
THROUGH FRI MORNING. WINDS AND SEAS WILL DECREASE FRI THROUGH SAT
OVER THE EASTERN GULF AS HERMINE MOVES AWAY.


NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT.
SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS.
.THU...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS.
.THU NIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.THIS AFTERNOON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. E WINDS
25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 4 TO 9 FT. CHANCE OF TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. NE TO E WINDS
35 TO 40 KT. SEAS 4 TO 13 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND CHANCE OF
TSTMS. 
.THU...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. N TO NE WINDS 35 TO
40 KT...BECOMING NW 45 TO 50 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 6 TO 16 FT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SCATTERED TSTMS.
.THU NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. W WINDS 50 TO
55 KT. SEAS 5 TO 15 FT...BECOMING 4 TO 8 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.FRI...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SW TO W WINDS 20 TO
25 KT...BECOMING SW 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT.