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FZNT27 KNHC 060259
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1059 PM EDT SUN AUG 5 2012

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

.SYNOPSIS....A SURFACE TROUGH ALONG 84W S OF 27N WILL DISSIPATE
THROUGH MON AFTERNOON AS IT SLOWLY MOVES W. A WEAK RIDGE WILL
THEN EXTEND FROM THE NE GULF TO THE W CENTRAL GULF
MON...GRADUALLY LIFTING N THROUGH TUE. TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO
NEAR 15.4N 79.7W AT 11 PM EDT IS MOVING W AT 10 KT WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT. ERNESTO IS FORECAST TO
INTENSIFY TO A MINIMAL HURRICANE AND MOVE ACROSS THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA WED...THEN WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM BEFORE EMERGING
INTO THE FAR EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE NEAR 19.0N 91.4W BY EARLY
WED EVENING. ERNESTO IS THEN FORECAST TO INTENSIFY SOME AS IT
TRACK NW ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE BAY OF CAMPECHE AND SW GULF
THU AND TO INLAND SE MEXICO FRI. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.OVERNIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.MON...N TO NE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.MON NIGHT...NW WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING S TO SW AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TUE...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FOOT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS. 
.TUE NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING S TO SW
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 FOOT. 
.WED...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.OVERNIGHT...E WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 0 TO 1 FT. 
.MON...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING N TO NW IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 0 TO 1 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.MON NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING SE TO S
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 0 TO 1 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TUE...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING S 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.