000 FZNT27 KNHC 312149 OFFN06 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 549 PM EDT WED AUG 31 2016 ...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS... .SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM HERMINE IS CENTERED NEAR 25.5N 87.4W AT 2100 UTC...MOVING N-NE OR 30 DEGREES AT 6 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT GUSTS TO 50 KT. HERMINE IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE MOVING NNE AND REACH NEAR 26.5N 87.3W TONIGHT AND THEN BEGIN TO ACCELERATE TOWARD THE NE AND REACH NEAR 28.1N 86.3W THU AFTERNOON THEN MOVE INLAND ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION THU NIGHT BEFORE TRACKING NE ACROSS INLAND GEORGIA ON FRI. NUMEROUS SQUALLS AND 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 EXITS THE AREA. NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO .TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. CHANCE OF TSTMS. .THU...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS. .FRI...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .MON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. VARIABLE WINDS 25 TO 45 KT. SEAS 4 TO 12 FT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SQUALLS AND TSTMS. .THU...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. N TO NE WINDS 45 TO 50 KT. SEAS 6 TO 15 FT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .THU NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. W TO NW WINDS 50 TO 55 KT. SEAS 5 TO 16 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .FRI...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. SW TO W WINDS 40 TO 45 KT...BECOMING SW 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 10 FT IN SE TO S SWELL. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 7 FT. .SAT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT IN THE MORNING...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.