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FZNT27 KNHC 052144
OFFN06

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

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

.SYNOPSIS...Recently upgraded Tropical Storm Milton is near
22.7N 95.5W at 5 PM EDT, or about 210 nm N of Veracruz, Mexico
and is moving north-northeast at 3 kt. Maximum sustained winds
are 35 kt with gusts to 45 kt, and the minimum central pressure
is 1006 mb. Milton will move to near 22.9N 95.0W late tonight,
to near 23.0N 94.1W Sun afternoon with maximum sustained winds
55 kt gusts 65 kt, and strengthen to a hurricane near 23.0N
92.8W late Sun night with maximum sustained winds 70 kt gusts
85 kt. Milton is forecast to reach near 23.1N 91.2W Mon
afternoon with maximum sustained winds 80 kt gusts 100 kt, and
continue to strengthen as it reaches near 23.8N 89.3W late Mon
night, to near 24.8N 87.2W Tue afternoon with maximum sustained
winds 100 kt gusts 120 kt and change little in intensity as it
moves to near 27.7N 83.0W by Wed afternoon, and track across
central Florida into Wed night. Increasing winds and seas are
expected over most of the northern and western Gulf sections
beginning Sun. Conditions should improve across the basin once
Milton departs the basin. Swells generated by Milton are
expected to affect most of the Gulf by early next week. 

Northwest Gulf of Mexico

.TONIGHT...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 5 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.SUN...NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered showers
and isolated tstms. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.MON...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Scattered showers
and isolated tstms. 
.MON NIGHT...NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.TUE...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.TUE NIGHT...N to NE winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.WED...N to NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 7 to 10 ft in E swell. 
.WED NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft in E swell. 
.THU...NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft in E swell. 
.THU NIGHT...NE to E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 3 to 5 ft.  

North Central and Northeast Gulf of Mexico

.TONIGHT...E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.SUN...NE to E winds 15 to 20 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 5 to 7 ft.
Scattered showers and isolated tstms. 
.MON...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 8 ft. Scattered
showers and isolated tstms. 
.MON NIGHT...NE to E winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft. 
.TUE...NE winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 8 to 11 ft in NE to E swell. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 9 to 14 ft in NE to E
swell. 
.WED...N to NE winds 25 to 35 kt. Seas 11 to 16 ft in NE to E
swell. 
.WED NIGHT...N to NE winds 20 to 25 kt. Seas 8 to 13 ft in NE to
E swell. 
.THU...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 6 to 9 ft in NE to E swell. 
.THU NIGHT...NE winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 4 to 6 ft.