000 FZNT27 KNHC 180255 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1055 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 24.1N 93.7W 1004 mb at 0300 UTC moving NE at 10 kt. Maximum sustained winds 35 kt gusts 45 kt. Sixteen will continue moving NE tonight, reaching near 26.0N 91.1W Fri morning as a Tropical Storm, then continue NE and gradually expand in size, and strengthen slightly, reaching just offshore of the western Florida Panhandle near 30.2N 86.1W Sat morning, before moving NE and inland Sat. Marine conditions will improve rapidly across the basin Sat night through Sun as Sixteen accelerates off to the NE and eventually into the W Atlc waters. Northwest Gulf of Mexico ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .OVERNIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE winds 20 to 25 kt late. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Numerous showers and scattered tstms. .FRI...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. N to NE winds 30 to 35 kt. Seas 4 to 10 ft. Numerous showers and scattered tstms. .FRI NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE winds 20 to 25 kt, becoming E 10 to 15 kt late. Seas 4 to 10 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 4 ft. .SUN...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SUN NIGHT...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON...S to SW winds 15 to 20 kt, shifting to SW to W in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. .TUE...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .OVERNIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt late. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Numerous showers and scattered tstms. .FRI...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. E winds 25 to 30 kt, becoming E to SE 35 to 40 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 6 ft, building to 8 to 13 ft in the afternoon. Numerous showers and scattered tstms. .FRI NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. E to SE winds 40 to 45 kt, shifting to NW late. Seas 6 to 15 ft, building to 10 to 17 ft late. Numerous showers and scattered tstms. .SAT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. W to NW winds 40 to 45 kt, becoming NW 20 to 25 kt in the afternoon. Seas 6 to 16 ft. .SAT NIGHT...NW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 9 ft. .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 winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.