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FZNT25 KNHC 060243
OFFN04

NAVTEX Marine Forecast
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami, FL
1043 PM EDT Sat Oct 5 2024

...Please refer to Coastal Waters Forecasts (CWF) available
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Coastal Waters Forecasts...

Southeast Gulf of Mexico

.SYNOPSIS...Tropical Storm Milton is near 22.9N 95.1W at 11 PM
EDT, and is moving north-northeast at 4 kt. Maximum sustained
winds are 40 kt with gusts to 50 kt, and the minimum central
pressure is 1005 mb. Milton will move to 23.0N 94.6W Sun
morning, 23.0N 93.5W Sun evening, strengthen to a hurricane near
23.1N 92.1W Mon morning, 23.3N 90.5W Mon evening, 23.9N 88.6W
Tue morning, and 25.3N 86.4W Tue evening. Milton will change
little in intensity as it moves to 28.2N 82.3W late Wed.
Meanwhile a frontal trough or front will develop 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.

.OVERNIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt late. Seas 2 ft or less.
Scattered tstms.
.SUN...SE to S winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 2 ft or less, building to
3 ft in the afternoon. Numerous showers and scattered tstms.
.SUN NIGHT...SE to S winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
Scattered tstms.
.MON...S to SW winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 3 to 4 ft.
Scattered tstms.
.MON NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. N to NE winds
15 to 20 kt, shifting to E to SE late. Seas 4 to 6 ft.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms.
.TUE...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.
.TUE NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.
.WED...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.
.WED NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.
.THU...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.

Within 200 nm east of the coast of Florida

.SYNOPSIS...Tropical Storm Milton is in the western Gulf of
Mexico near 22.9N 95.1W at 11 PM EDT, and is moving north-
northeast at 4 kt. Maximum sustained winds are 40 kt with gusts to
50 kt, and the minimum central pressure is 1005 mb. Milton is
forecast to approach the Florida Gulf coast by early Wed, moving
across portions of Florida thereafter, and potentially into the
Atlantic waters off Florida Wed night into Thu. Meanwhile, long
period NE to E swells associated with distant and departing
Hurricane Kirk will continue to impact the waters E of the Bahamas
through the remainder of the weekend, subsiding early next 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.

.OVERNIGHT...E winds 10 to 15 kt late. Seas 2 ft or less
S of 27N, and 5 to 7 ft N of 27N.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms.
.SUN...E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and
5 to 7 ft N of 27N. Chance of tstms.
.SUN NIGHT...E to SE winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and E 10 to
15 kt N of 27N. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 5 to 7 ft
N of 27N. Scattered showers and isolated tstms.
.MON...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and
5 to 7 ft N of 27N. Scattered showers and isolated tstms.
.MON NIGHT...SE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N,
and 5 to 7 ft N of 27N. Scattered tstms.
.TUE...SW winds 10 to 15 kt S of 27N, and E 15 to 20 kt N of 27N.
Seas 2 ft or less S of 27N, and 5 to 7 ft N of 27N.
.TUE NIGHT...S of 27N, S to SW winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming SE to
S 20 to 25 kt late, Seas 2 ft or less, building to 3 ft late.
N of 27N, NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt, Seas 4 to 6 ft.
.WED...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.
.WED NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.
.THU...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.