000 FZNT27 KNHC 180249 OFFN06 NAVTEX Marine Forecast NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL 1049 PM EDT Thu Sep 17 2020 ...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available through NOAA Weather Radio and other means for detailed Coastal Waters Forecasts... .SYNOPSIS...Tropical Depression Twenty-Two near 22.0N 94.2W 1005 mb at 11 PM EDT moving NE at 3 kt. Maximum sustained winds 30 kt gusts 40 kt. Twenty-Two will strengthen to a tropical storm near 22.9N 93.8W Fri morning and move to 23.9N 93.3W Fri evening. Tropical Storm Twenty-Two will reach 24.8N 92.9W Sat morning, 25.4N 93.2W Sat evening, and strengthen to a hurricane near 25.6N 94.0W Sun morning. Hurricane Twenty-Two will reach 25.7N 94.8W Sun evening, then weaken to a tropical storm over 26.1N 95.9W late Mon. A cold weak front will move into the northern Gulf on Fri and reach the eastern Gulf by the weekend and become stationary. A tightening gradient is expected to lead to fresh to strong northeast to east winds and building seas over most of the central and western Gulf into early next week. Northwest Gulf of Mexico ...TROPICAL STORM WARNING... .OVERNIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .FRI...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered tstms. .FRI NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Numerous showers and scattered tstms. .SAT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. NE to E winds 30 to 40 kt. Seas 4 to 10 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE to E winds 40 to 50 kt. Seas 5 to 16 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. Vsby 1 NM or less. .SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .SUN NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .MON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .MON NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. .TUE...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico .OVERNIGHT...W winds 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. .FRI...NW to N winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .FRI NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. .SAT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Numerous showers and scattered tstms. .SAT NIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 6 ft. Scattered tstms. .SUN...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 4 to 8 ft. .SUN NIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 10 ft. .MON...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 11 ft in NE swell. .MON NIGHT...E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 10 ft. .TUE...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 5 to 9 ft.