627 FZNT27 KNHC 172115 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 515 PM EDT Thu Oct 17 2019 ...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed Coastal Waters Forecasts... NOTICE: The U.S. Coast Guard requests feedback on a proposal to migrate medium frequency NAVTEX broadcasts to satellite. See https://go.usa.gov/xVGpe and submit comments using instructions in the link above by November 19, 2019. .SYNOPSIS...Potential Tropical Cyclone Sixteen near 22.9N 95.2W 1006 mb at 2100 UTC moving N-NE at 8 kt. Maximum sustained winds 35 kt gusts 45 kt. Sixteen will begin to move more NE tonight, reaching near 24.5N 92.9W around midnight tonight, then continue NE and gradually expand in size, and reach just offshore of the western Florida Panhandle around midnight near 29.3N 86.9W, before moving NE and inland early Sat. Slight strengthening of this system is expected Friday through Friday night. Marine conditions will improve rapidly across the basin Sat night through Sun as Sixteen accelerates off to the NE and into the W Atlc. Northwest Gulf of Mexico ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .TONIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Numerous showers and scattered tstms. .FRI...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. N to NE winds 30 to 35 kt. Seas 4 to 12 ft. Scattered showers and tstms. .FRI NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE winds 20 to 25 kt, becoming E 10 to 15 kt late. Seas 4 to 11 ft. .SAT...W winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 8 ft. .SAT NIGHT...S to SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt, shifting to W in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. .TUE...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .TONIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Numerous showers and scattered tstms. .FRI...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. E winds 20 to 25 kt, becoming E to SE 35 to 40 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 6 ft, building to 3 to 14 ft in the afternoon. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .FRI NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. E to SE winds 35 to 40 kt, shifting to NW to N 40 to 45 kt late. Seas 5 to 17 ft, building to 9 to 18 ft late. Numerous showers and scattered tstms. .SAT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. W to NW winds 35 to 40 kt, becoming NW 20 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 6 to 16 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft, subsiding to 3 to 7 ft late. .SUN...W to NW winds 5 to 10 kt, shifting to E to SE in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...SW to W winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming W to NW 20 to 25 kt late. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .TUE...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.