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FZNT25 KNHC 052116
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
516 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...

SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.SYNOPSIS...WEAK RIDGE EXTENDING FROM THE NE GULF TO THE W GULF
WILL SLOWLY LIFT N INTO MON. TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO CURRENTLY IN
THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN IS FORECAST THE YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE TUE
THROUGH WED. ERNESTO EXPECTED TO EMERGE INTO THE SW GULF WED
NIGHT AND THU AS A TROPICAL STORM THEN INTENSIFY INTO A
HURRICANE OVER THE SW GULF FRI. 

.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING E 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. 
.MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES OVER THE FAR NE WATERS WILL LIFT N THROUGH
TUE. ANOTHER SURFACE TROUGH WILL APPROACH FROM THE E LATE MON
AND SLOWLY DRIFT W TOWARD THE BAHAMAS TUE AND WED...AND ACROSS
THE WESTERN BAHAMAS AND SW PORTION OF THE AREA THU AND FRI.  

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