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FZNT25 KNHC 110902
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
502 AM EDT Wed Aug 11 2021

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

Southeast Gulf of Mexico

.SYNOPSIS...Moderate to fresh E winds will pulse off the NW
Yucatan Peninsula into the Bay of Campeche tonight in
association with a diurnal trough. Elsewhere, a weak surface
ridge will prevail along 30N through Thu. Tropical Storm Fred
near 18.0N 68.2W 1009 mb at 5 AM EDT moving WNW at 14 kt.
Maximum sustained winds 35 kt gusts 45 kt. Fred is expected to
move across the Straits of Florida Fri night as a tropical
storm, into the SE Gulf of Mexico Sat, and move NW along the far
E Gulf through the weekend. 

.TODAY...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.THU...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.THU NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.FRI...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SAT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SAT NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.  

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...Atlc surface ridge associated with the Bermuda- 
Azores high will persist with axis N of the area for the next 
several days. Tropical Storm Fred near 18.0N 68.2W 1009 mb at 5 
AM EDT moving WNW at 14 kt. Maximum sustained winds 35 kt gusts 
45 kt. Fred will reach E Hispaniola this morning, move north of 
Hispaniola Wed night as a tropical depression, and then re-
intensify to a tropical storm as the system continue west 
northwestward to the north of Cuba Thu and Fri. 

.TODAY...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft. Scattered showers and
isolated tstms. 
.TONIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. S of 27N, seas 2 ft or less,
building to 3 ft late. N of 27N, seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.THU...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.THU NIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt, becoming E 25 to 30 kt
late. Seas 3 to 4 ft. Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.FRI...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE to E winds 30 to
35 kt S of 27N, and E 25 to 30 kt N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. 
.FRI NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SAT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SAT NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft. 
.SUN...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt. S of 27N, seas 3 ft in the
morning, subsiding to 2 ft or less. N of 27N, seas 3 to 4 ft.