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FZNT25 KNHC 062131
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
531 PM 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 SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE FAR EASTERN GULF NEAR
THE FLORIDA COAST WILL SHIFT W TO THE CENTRAL GULF BY TUE NIGHT
BEFORE DISSIPATING. TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO IN THE WESTERN
CARIBBEAN SEA IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY INTO A HURRICANE BEFORE
MOVING INLAND THE YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY TUE EVENING...AND TO
NEAR 18.7N 87.8W BY LATE TUE NIGHT. ERNESTO IS THEN FORECAST TO
CONTINUE INTO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE TO NEAR 19.5N 94.OW BY THU
AFTERNOON...AND TO INLAND MEXICO THU NIGHT INTO EARLY FRI ...TO
NEAR 19.5N 96.5W BY FRI AFTERNOON. SWELLS FROM ERNESTO SHOULD
SPREAD OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE
GULF WED AND INTO EARLY FRI. 

.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. 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. 
.WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...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...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES OVER THE NORTHERN WATERS WILL SHIFT NE
THROUGH SAT AS A SURFACE TROUGH MOVES SE ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN
UNITED STATES. ANOTHER TROUGH E OF THE AREA WILL GRADUALLY TRACK
WESTWARD REACHING THE WATERS NEAR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS  FRI
BEFORE DISSIPATING FRI NIGHT AND SAT NEAR THE NW BAHAMAS. A
SLIGHTER TIGHTER PRES GRADIENT WILL PERSIST OVER MUCH OF THE 
FAR SOUTHERN WATERS THROUGH WED NIGHT AS TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO
IN THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA AND TRACKS WNW INTO THE FAR SW GULF
OF MEXICO.  

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