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FZNT27 KNHC 040932
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
532 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...

.SYNOPSIS...WEAK RIDGE ALONG 28N WILL SLOWLY LIFT SLOWLY N INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK. A SURFACE TROUGH E OF FLORIDA ALONG 79W-80W
WILL DRIFT W ACROSS FLORIDA AND INTO THE EASTERN GULF TODAY
THROUGH MON...ACCOMPANIED BY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
TSTMS. ATLC HIGH PRES WILL BUILD WESTWARD ACROSS THE GULF BEHIND
THE TROUGH. TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO CURRENTLY IN THE EASTERN
CARIBBEAN SEA IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY INTO A MINIMAL HURRICANE
BEFORE IT MOVES ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE TUE THROUGH
WED. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE 5 TO 10 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.MON...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TUE...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FOOT. 
.WED...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING E TO SE IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 FOOT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. 
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FOOT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.MON...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 0 TO 1 FT. 
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.