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FZNT25 KNHC 041516
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1116 AM EDT SAT AUG 4 2012

...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...A WEAK RIDGE EXTENDING FROM THE NE GULF TO THE SW
GULF WILL SLOWLY LIFT N INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. A SURFACE TROUGH
CURRENTLY E OF FLORIDA ALONG 80W WILL DRIFT W ACROSS FLORIDA AND
THEN INTO THE E GULF LATE TONIGHT INTO SUN...THEN TOWARD THE
CENTRAL GULF THROUGH WED. TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO CURRENTLY IN
THE E CARIBBEAN IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY INTO A MINIMAL
HURRICANE BEFORE IT MOVES ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE TUE
THROUGH WED. ATLC HIGH PRES WILL BUILD WESTWARD ACROSS THE GULF
BEHIND THE TROUGH AND N OF ERNESTO. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. SCATTERED
TSTMS AND SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A SURFACE TROUGH REACHING FROM JUST W OF 
JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA TO 27N80W TO 23N80W WILL GRADUALLY DRIFT W 
ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUN... 
ACCOMPANIED BY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS TSTMS. OTHERWISE HIGH PRES 
OVER THE FAR NE WATERS WILL LIFT N THROUGH MON. ANOTHER SURFACE 
TROUGH WILL APPROACH FROM THE E LATE MON...SLOWLY DRIFTING W 
TOWARD THE BAHAMAS TUE-WED. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF
27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...E TO
SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SE 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
TSTMS AND SHOWERS. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND E TO SE 10 TO
15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.MON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.