000 FZNT27 KNHC 180840 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 440 AM EDT Fri Oct 18 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 24.3N 92.5W 1004 mb at 0900 UTC moving NE at 12 kt. Maximum sustained winds 35 kt gusts 45 kt. PTC Sixteen will move to 26.8N 89.8W this afternoon, 29.0N 87.0W Sat morning, and inland near 31.5N 84.5W Sat afternoon. It will slowly expand in size and strengthen prior to making landfall in the western Florida Panhandle Sat morning. Marine conditions will improve rapidly across the basin Sat night and Sun as the cyclone accelerates off to the NE into the W Atlc. A cold front will reach the NW Gulf Mon night, and extend across the basin from northern Florida to NE Mexico on Tue. Northwest Gulf of Mexico ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .TODAY...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. N to NE winds 30 to 40 kt. Seas 4 to 11 ft. Numerous showers and scattered tstms. .TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. N to NE winds 25 to 30 kt, becoming W 15 to 20 kt late. Seas 3 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 4 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 5 ft. .MON...S to SW winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...NW to 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... .TODAY...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. E to SE winds 25 to 30 kt, increasing to 35 to 40 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 6 ft, building to 6 to 13 ft late. Numerous showers and scattered tstms. .TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. SE winds 35 to 40 kt, shifting to W 40 to 45 kt late. Seas 8 to 17 ft, building to 10 to 18 ft late. Numerous showers and scattered tstms. .SAT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. W winds 35 to 40 kt, diminishing to 25 to 30 kt in the afternoon. Seas 6 to 17 ft. .SAT NIGHT...W to NW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 9 ft. .SUN...W to NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .SUN NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. .MON...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .MON NIGHT...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .TUE...NW to N winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.