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FZNT27 KNHC 251518
OFFN06

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1118 AM EDT Tue Aug 25 2020

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

.SYNOPSIS...Hurricane Laura centered north of the Yucatan
Channel near 23.7N 87.0W at 1500 UTC moving W-NW or 290 deg at
14 kt. Maximum sustained winds 65 kt gusts 80 kt. Laura will
continue to gradually intensify as it reaches near 24.6N 89.2W
early tonight, reaches near 26.0N 91.5W Wed morning with maximum
sustained winds 90 kt gusts 110 kt, and continue over the NW
Gulf to near 28.0N 93.3W early Wed night with maximum sustained
winds 100 kt gusts 120 kt. Laura is then expected to move more
northward and inland late Wed night through early Thu morning
and reach near 30.5N 93.9W Thu morning. Laura will then weaken
quickly as it moves northward and well inland Thu and Thu night.
Expect long-period swell from Laura to impact most of the basin
through Thu. Atlantic high pressure will build westward over the
eastern Gulf in the wake of Laura.  

Northwest Gulf of Mexico

...HURRICANE WARNING...

.THIS AFTERNOON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE WITH
HURRICANE CONDITIONS ALSO POSSIBLE. N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt.
Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.TONIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. NE winds 30 to 35 kt,
becoming NE to E 45 to 50 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 7 ft,
becoming 3 to 19 ft after midnight. Scattered showers and
isolated tstms. 
.WED...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. NE winds 70 to 80 kt.
Seas 3 to 28 ft,building to 6 to 29 ft in the afternoon.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.WED NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. SE winds 75 to
85 kt, shifting to S to SW 70 to 80 kt after midnight. Seas
10 to 28 ft,subsiding to 9 to 21 ft after midnight. Scattered
tstms. 
.THU...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S to SW winds 25 to
30 kt, diminishing to 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon. Seas 6 to
15 ft in N swell, becoming 4 to 10 ft in the afternoon.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.THU NIGHT...S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.FRI...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. 
.SAT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft.  

North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.THIS AFTERNOON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. E to SE
winds 25 to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 14 ft in SE swell. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. E to SE winds
35 to 40 kt, increasing to 45 to 50 kt after midnight. Seas 6 to
22 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.WED...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. SE winds 35 to
40 kt, diminishing to 25 to 30 kt in the afternoon. Seas 6 to
20 ft in S to SW swell. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.WED NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. SE winds 20 to
25 kt. Seas 5 to 11 ft. 
.THU...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...SE to S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. 
.FRI...S winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SAT...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.