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FZNT25 KNHC 070930
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
530 AM EDT TUE AUG 7 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...TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO IN THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA
IS FORECAST TO MOVE W-NW AND INTENSIFY TO HURRICANE FORCE THIS
AFTERNOON BEFORE MOVING INLAND ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA NEAR
18.8N 88.0W AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ERNESTO IS THEN FORECAST TO
TRACK W ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA WED AND WEAKEN AND EMERGE
ACROSS THE FAR E BAY OF CAMPECHE NEAR 19.4N 91.0W LATE WED
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE MOVING W ACROSS THE BAY OF CAMPECHE WED
NIGHT THROUGH THU NIGHT AND THEN INLAND ACROSS MEXICO LATE THU
NIGHT. SWELLS FROM ERNESTO SHOULD SPREAD OVER MUCH OF THE
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE GULF WED THROUGH EARLY FRI.

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED...E TO 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 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...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES CENTERED E OF BERMUDA WILL SHIFT SLOWLY 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. AN INCREASED
PRES GRADIENT WILL PERSIST OVER MUCH OF THE FAR SOUTHERN WATERS
THROUGH TONIGHT AS TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO IN THE WESTERN
CARIBBEAN SEA TRACKS WNW TOWARDS AND THEN ACROSS THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA.   

.TODAY...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE TO
S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 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 2 TO 3 FT. 
.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 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.THU...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 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.