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FZNT25 KNHC 070254
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1054 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
TRACK ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA WED TO NEAR 19.3N 91.1W BY
EARLY WED EVENING...THEN INTO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE TO NEAR 19.5N
94.8W BY EARLY THU EVENING...AND TO INLAND MEXICO LATER THU
NIGHT AND INTO FRI. SWELLS FROM ERNESTO SHOULD SPREAD OVER MUCH
OF THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE GULF WED AND INTO
EARLY FRI. 

.OVERNIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. 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. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.FRI...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SAT...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 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.   

.OVERNIGHT...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 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 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...E 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. 
.WED NIGHT...S OF 27N...E 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. 
.THU...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. 
.THU NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SAT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.