Tropical Storm Warning

[Alacane]

for the middle gulf...


OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...DELAYED
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
430 PM CDT WED JUN 08 2005

OFFSHORE WATERS FORECAST FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO

GMZ084-090330-
MIDDLE GULF BETWEEN 85W AND 90W
430 PM CDT WED JUN 08 2005

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...
.TONIGHT...N OF 27N E WINDS 10 KT OR LESS. SEAS 2 FT. S OF 27N
NE TO E WINDS 15 KT. SEAS 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS S OF 25N E OF
88W.
.THU...N OF 26N E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT. FROM 24N TO 26N NE TO
E WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT
FT. S OF 24N NE WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 KT LATE...HIGHEST E
OF 87W. SEAS BUILDING TO 8 TO 12 FT...HIGHEST E OF 87W. WINDS
AND SEAS HIGHER IN NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SQUALLS S OF 26N.
.THU NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 100 NM NE
QUADRANT AND 75 NM SE AND NW QUADRANTS OF TROPICAL STORM. SEAS
12 FT OR GREATER IN AREA OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS...WITH
HIGHEST SEAS 14 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 27N N TO NE WINDS 20 TO 30
KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. N OF 27N E WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SQUALLS S OF
27N.
.FRI AND FRI NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 125 NM NE
QUADRANT...100 NM SE AND NW QUADRANTS...AND 50 NM SW QUADRANT OF
TROPICAL STORM. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER IN AREA OF TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS...WITH HIGHEST SEAS 16 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 24N WINDS
20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 24N SW TO W WINDS
20 TO 25 KT...DECREASING TO 15 KT FRI NIGHT. SEAS 7 TO 10
FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT FRI NIGHT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
SQUALLS SPREADING N ACROSS ENTIRE AREA.
.SAT...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WITHIN 125 NM NE QUADRANT...
100 NM SE AND NW QUADRANTS...AND 50 NM SW QUADRANT OF TROPICAL
STORM. SEAS 12 FT OR GREATER IN AREA OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE
WINDS...WITH HIGHEST SEAS 16 FT. ELSEWHERE N OF 25N WINDS 20 TO
30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. S OF 25N S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND SQUALLS N OF 25N.
.SUN AND MON...N OF 26N S TO SW WINDS DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT. S OF 26N E TO SE WINDS 10 KT. SEAS
2 FT.

[Lowpressure]

Looks like Friday into Friday night for TS force winds in the waters. Not a TS Warning for coastal areas.

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

Why the warning its not even a tropical storm yet. I'v always seen a watch for systems that are depressions. Then once they gain tropical storm then a warning.?

[Lowpressure]

The forecast is going pretty far out in the Gulf, south of 26 North looks like the first mention of TS winds. That is over 150 miles from land, maybe closer to 200 if my math is right.