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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
540 AM 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...

SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK RIDGE EXTENDING FROM THE NE GULF TO THE W
GULF WILL SLOWLY LIFT N INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. A SURFACE TROUGH
CURRENTLY ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA WILL DRIFT W INTO THE E
GULF TODAY THEN TOWARD THE CENTRAL GULF THROUGH WED. TROPICAL
STORM ERNESTO CURRENTLY IN THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN IS FORECAST TO
INTENSIFY INTO A HURRICANE BEFORE IT MOVES ACROSS THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA LATE TUE THROUGH WED. ERNESTO EXPECTED TO EMERGE INTO
THE SW GULF WED NIGHT AND THU AS A TROPICAL STORM THEN RE-
INTENSIFY INTO A HURRICANE. ATLC HIGH PRES WILL BUILD WESTWARD
ACROSS THE GULF BEHIND THE TROUGH AND N OF ERNESTO. 

.TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA IS
FORECAST TO MOVE SLOWLY WESTWARD AND INTO THE FAR E GULF
TODAY... ACCOMPANIED BY SCATTERED TSTMS. OTHERWISE HIGH PRES
OVER THE FAR NE WATERS WILL LIFT N THROUGH TUE. ANOTHER SURFACE
TROUGH WILL APPROACH FROM THE E LATE MON...AND SLOWLY DRIFTING W
TOWARD THE BAHAMAS TUE AND WED.  

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