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FZNT27 KNHC 091523
OFFN06

NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1123 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 AT 18.2N 94.3W MOVING W AT
9 KT WITH WINDS 50 GUSTS 60 KT. ERNESTO EXPECTED TO MOVE W-SW
ACROSS SOUTHERN BAY OF CAMPECHE AND WEAKEN QUICKLY AS IT MOVES
INLAND ACROSS OVER SOUTHERN MEXICO LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. SE SWELLS FROM ERNESTO CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE ACROSS
CENTRAL AND NW GULF THROUGH TONIGHT...WHILE HIGH SEAS AND LARGE
SWELL PERSIST ACROSS SW GULF THROUGH FRI. TROPICAL WAVE MOVE
FROM NW CARIBBEAN INTO SE GULF SAT AND THEN DRIFT SLOWLY NW
THROUGH MON. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.THIS AFTERNOON...E TO 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

.THIS AFTERNOON...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.