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FZNT25 KNHC 040929
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
529 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...

SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.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. 

.TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED
TSTMS AND SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A SURFACE TROUGH ALONG 79W-80W EXTENDS FROM CENTRAL
CUBA TO NEAR 31N AND WILL DRIFT W ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA
THROUGH SUN...ACCOMPANIED BY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS TSTMS.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO
15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO
20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT S OF 27N...AND 4 TO 6 FT N OF 27N.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...E TO SE
WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SE 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS AND SHOWERS. 
.SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND E TO SE
10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS. 
.MON...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.