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FZNT25 KNHC 231531
OFFN04

NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1131 AM EDT THU AUG 23 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....TROUGH EXTENDING FROM FLORIDA BIG BEND TO 27N90W
WILL DRIFT E AND DISSIPATE BY FRI. TROPICAL STORM ISAAC
CURRENTLY WELL SE OF THE GULF IS FORECAST TO MOVE NW ACROSS THE
STRAITS OF FLORIDA SUN NIGHT AND APPROACH SW FLORIDA MON AS A
HURRICANE AND OVER NE GULF TUE. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SUN NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM ISAAC NEAR 15.6N 65.4W AT 11 AM EDT 
MOVING W AT 13 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN 35 KT GUSTS
45  KT. ISAAC WILL CONTINUE ON A WESTERLY TRACK TONIGHT THEN
MOVE  MORE W-NW AND INTENSIFY GRADUALLY THU THROUGH FRI...
REACHING  NEAR 16.9N 70.0W FRI MORNING...TO NEAR 18.0N 72.4W FRI
EVENING  BECOMING A MINIMAL HURRICANE. THEN MOVE TO 19.3N 74.6W
SAT TO  22.0N 78.5W SUN MORNING THEN ACROSS THE STRAITS OF
FLORIDA NEAR  24.5N 81.5W MON AND INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO TUE.  

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW
5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO
15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...
BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NE TO E 10 TO
15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING
TO 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 5 FT...BUILDING TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.SAT...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...INCREASING TO
25 TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO
9 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SUN NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.