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FZNT27 KNHC 090919
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
519 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2012

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

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO LOCATED OVER THE BAY OF
CAMPECHE NEAR 18.7N 93.6W MOVING W AT 14 KT...WITH WINDS 60 KT
GUSTS 75 KT. ERNESTO IS EXPECTED TO MOVE W-SW AND INTENSIFY INTO
A MINIMAL HURRICANE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BAY OF CAMPECHE THIS
AFTERNOON THEN RAPIDLY WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INLAND ACROSS OVER
SOUTHERN MEXICO TONIGHT AND FRI. SE SWELLS FROM ERNESTO WILL
CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY FADE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NW GULF
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE HIGH SEAS AND LARGE SWELL PERSIST
ACROSS THE SW GULF THROUGH THIS EVENING. A TROPICAL WAVE WILL
MOVE FROM THE NW CARIBBEAN INTO THE SE GULF ON SAT AND THEN
DRIFT SLOWLY NW THROUGH MON. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
TSTMS. 
.FRI...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.SAT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.MON...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.FRI...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.FRI NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.SAT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.MON...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.