000 FZNT27 KNHC 010338 OFFN06 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1138 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 25.8N 87.0W AT 0300 UTC...MOVING N-NE OR 25 DEGREES AT 9 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 50 KT GUSTS TO 60 KT. HERMINE IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE MOVING NNE AND REACH NEAR 26.9N 86.4W THU MORNING AND THEN BEGIN TO ACCELERATE TOWARD THE NE AND REACH NEAR 28.7N 85.4W THU EVENING AS A HURRICANE. HERMINE WILL THEN MOVE INLAND ACROSS THE FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION LATE 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 .OVERNIGHT...N TO NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS. .THU...N WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 6 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS. .THU NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS. .FRI...N TO NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS. .FRI NIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 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 TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO ...HURRICANE WARNING... .OVERNIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS WITH HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. E WINDS 45 TO 50 KT. SEAS 5 TO 11 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. .THU...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. NE WINDS 50 TO 60 KT. SEAS 6 TO 18 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .THU NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. NW WINDS 55 TO 65 KT. SEAS 5 TO 17 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND CHANCE OF TSTMS. .FRI...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. W WINDS 55 TO 60 KT...DIMINISHING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 12 FT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS. .FRI NIGHT...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 7 FT. .SAT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. .SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. .SUN...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT IN THE MORNING... SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. .SUN NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. .MON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.