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FZNT25 KNHC 061521
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1121 AM EDT Sun Oct 6 2024

...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...Tropical Storm Milton is near 22.4N 94.4W at 11 AM
EDT, and is moving east-southeast at 5 kt. Maximum sustained
winds are 55 kt with gusts to 65 kt, and the minimum central
pressure is 991 mb. Milton will strengthen to a hurricane near
22.2N 93.7W this evening with maximum sustained winds 65 kt
gusts 80 kt, move to near 22.2N 92.0W Mon morning, then to near
22.5N 90.0W Mon evening with maximum sustained winds 100 kt
gusts 120 kt, to near 23.5N 88.0W Tue morning with maximum winds
110 kt gusts 135 kt, to near 24.7N 86.0W Tue evening, then begin
to weaken as it reaches near 26.5N 84.0W Wed morning with
maximum sustained winds 105 kt gusts 130 kt. Milton is forecast
to approach the west coast of the Florida Peninsula by midweek.
Meanwhile a frontal trough or front will linger across the
northern Gulf ahead of Milton with fresh to strong winds and
building seas, mainly north of 26N. Conditions may improve
across the basin by the end of next week.

.THIS AFTERNOON...S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 ft or less. Scattered
thunderstorms.
.TONIGHT...SW winds 10 kt. Seas 3 ft or less. Scattered showers
and isolated thunderstorms.
.MON...SW winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Scattered showers
and isolated thunderstorms.
.MON NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SE to S winds 15 to
20 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Scattered showers and isolated
thunderstorms.
.TUE...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SE to S winds 35 to 40 kt,
increasing to 75 to 95 kt in the afternoon. Seas 7 to 10 ft,
building to 12 to 18 ft in the afternoon. Scattered showers and
isolated thunderstorms. Vsby 1 NM or less.
.TUE NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. Scattered showers
and isolated thunderstorms.
.WED...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.
.WED NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.
.THU...NW to N winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 12 to 18 ft in N swell.

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...Tropical Storm Milton is currently over the SW Gulf
of Mexico. Milton is moving east southeastward, and this general
motion is expected today. An eastward to east-northeastward
motion is forecast on Tue and during the next couple of days,
followed by a faster northeastward motion on Wed. On the forecast
track, Milton is forecast to move north of the Yucatan Peninsula
and to move across the Gulf of Mexico and approach the west coast
of the Florida Peninsula by midweek before it tracks east-
northeastward across central Florida to east of Florida on Thu.
Meanwhile, long period NE to E swells associated with distant
Hurricane Kirk will continue to impact the waters E of the Bahamas
through tonight, subsiding during the early part of the week.
Looking ahead, farther E, swells associated with Hurricane Leslie,
forecast to remain E of the area, may impact the waters E of 60W
by mid-week.

.THIS AFTERNOON...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered
showers and thunderstorms.
.TONIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and E 10 to 15 kt
N of 27N. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and thunderstorms.
.MON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers
and thunderstorms.
.MON NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Numerous
showers and thunderstorms.
.TUE...SW winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and E 15 to 20 kt N of 27N.
Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered showers and thunderstorms.
.TUE NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. Scattered
showers and thunderstorms.
.WED...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.
.WED NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.
.THU...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.