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FZNT25 KNHC 060258
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1058 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....A SURFACE TROUGH ALONG 84W S OF 27N WILL DISSIPATE
THROUGH MON AFTERNOON AS IT SLOWLY MOVES W. A WEAK RIDGE WILL
THEN EXTEND FROM THE NE GULF TO THE W CENTRAL GULF
MON...GRADUALLY LIFTING N THROUGH TUE. TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO
NEAR 15.4N 79.7W AT 11 PM EDT IS MOVING W AT 10 KT WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT. ERNESTO IS FORECAST TO
INTENSIFY TO A MINIMAL HURRICANE AND MOVE ACROSS THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA WED...THEN WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM BEFORE EMERGING
INTO THE FAR EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE NEAR 19.0N 91.4W BY EARLY
WED EVENING. ERNESTO IS THEN FORECAST TO INTENSIFY SOME AS IT
TRACK NW ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE BAY OF CAMPECHE AND SW GULF
THU AND TO INLAND SE MEXICO FRI. 

.OVERNIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. 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 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 2 TO 4 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 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.  

.OVERNIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. 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...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. 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.