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FZNT27 KNHC 231531
OFFN06

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1131 AM EDT Sun Aug 23 2020

...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available
through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed
Coastal Waters Forecasts...

.SYNOPSIS...Tropical Storm Marco near 24.7N 87.3W 993 mb at
11 AM EDT moving NNW at 12 kt. Maximum sustained winds 60 kt
gusts 75 kt. Marco will strengthen to a hurricane near 26.4N
88.1W this evening, move to 28.2N 89.1W Mon morning, move inland
and weaken to a tropical storm near 29.5N 90.4W Mon evening.
Marco will continue inland and weaken to a tropical depression
near 31.2N 93.8W by Tue evening, and to 31.8N 95.4W Wed morning.
Marco will dissipate early Thu. Tropical Storm Laura is over
Haiti near 19.2N 73.2W 1004 mb at 11 AM EDT moving WNW at 18 kt.
Maximum sustained winds 45 kt gusts 55 kt. Laura will move over
Cuba to 20.3N 76.0W this evening, 21.6N 79.9W Mon morning, to
22.9N 83.2W Mon evening before emerging into the southeast Gulf.
Laura will move to 24.1N 86.2W Tue morning, strengthen to a
hurricane near 25.3N 88.9W Tue evening, then move to 26.8N 91.4W
Wed morning. Laura is expected to make landfall over southwest
Louisiana Wed night or early Thu morning. Atlantic high pressure
will build westward over the eastern Gulf in the wake of Laura. 

Northwest Gulf of Mexico

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM OR HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. E of
94W NE winds 15 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. W of 94W NE to E winds
10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.MON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH HURRICANE
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE winds 25 to 30 kt, becoming N to NE
55 to 60 kt in the afternoon. Seas 4 to 10 ft. Scattered showers
and isolated tstms. 
.MON NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH HURRICANE
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE to E winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. 
.TUE...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. N winds 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.WED...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.WED NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.THU...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SE to S winds 10 to
15 kt. Seas 3 to 7 ft.  

North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico

...HURRICANE WARNING...

.THIS AFTERNOON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH
HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. E to SE winds 15 to 20 kt,
becoming E 25 to 30 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 9 ft.
Numerous showers and scattered tstms. 
.TONIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. E winds 55 to 65 kt.
Seas 5 to 17 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.MON...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. SE winds 55 to 65 kt.
Seas 5 to 18 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.MON NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH HURRICANE
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. E winds 25 to 30 kt, becoming E to SE 15 to
20 kt after midnight. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Scattered showers and
isolated tstms. 
.TUE...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. E winds 30 to 35 kt.
Seas 4 to 9 ft,becoming 4 to 15 ft in the afternoon. 
.TUE NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.WED...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.WED NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. E to SE winds
10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 11 ft. 
.THU...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. E to SE winds 10 to
15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.