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FZNT25 KNHC 060923
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
523 AM EDT MON AUG 6 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 EXTENDS FROM THE NE GULF TO THE W
CENTRAL GULF AND GRADUALLY LIFT N THROUGH TUE. TROPICAL STORM
ERNESTO NEAR 18N 80W AT 5 AM EDT IS MOVING W AT 10 KT WITH
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT. ERNESTO IS FORECAST
TO INTENSIFY TO JUST BELOW HURRICANE STRENGTH AND MOVE ACROSS
THE YUCATAN PENINSULA WED...THEN WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM
BEFORE EMERGING INTO THE FAR EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE NEAR 18.7N
92.2W BY LATE WED NIGHT. 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. 

.TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E 5 TO 10 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED...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. 
.FRI...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES CENTERED N OF BERMUDA WILL SHIFT E INTO
THE CENTRAL ATLC THROUGH WED. FRESH WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS
THE WATERS S OF 24N W OF 70W TODAY AS ERNESTO MOVE W INTO THE W
CARIBBEAN. ANOTHER SURFACE TROUGH WILL APPROACH FROM THE E LATE
TODAY AND SLOWLY DRIFT W TOWARD THE BAHAMAS TUE AND WED...AND
ACROSS THE WESTERN BAHAMAS AND SW PORTION OF THE AREA THU AND
FRI.  

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