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FZNT27 KNHC 041511
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1111 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...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. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. 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 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.MON...N WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TUE...W 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

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.SUN NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NE TO E AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 FOOT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.MON...NE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 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.