000 FZNT27 KNHC 091515 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1115 AM EDT Wed Aug 9 2017 ...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed Coastal Waters Forecasts... .SYNOPSIS...Tropical Storm Franklin near 20.2N 93.9W at 11 AM EDT moving W or 270 DEG at 11 kt with maximum sustained winds 60 kt gusts to 75 kt. Franklin will strengthen to a hurricane at 8 PM near 20.1N 95.6W, and move inland Mexico near Veracruz late tonight into early Thursday morning with conditions improving across the SW Gulf throughout Thu. A thermal trough will develop over the Yucatan Peninsula during the evenings beginning on Thu, move slowly westward during the overnight hours, and dissipate over the SW Gulf by late each morning. A surge of fresh to locally strong winds will accompany this trough. Northwest Gulf of Mexico .THIS AFTERNOON...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TONIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .THU NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI...SE to S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .FRI NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SAT NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico .THIS AFTERNOON...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft. .TONIGHT...E to SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .THU...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 3 ft in the morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. .THU NIGHT...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft late. .FRI...SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .FRI NIGHT...S to SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to S in the afternoon. Seas 2 ft or less. .SAT NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less. .SUN NIGHT...S winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 ft or less.