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FZNT25 KNHC 071509
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1109 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 NW CARIBBEAN SEA IS 
FORECAST TO MOVE W-NW AND INTENSIFY TO HURRICANE FORCE JUST 
PRIOR TO LANDFALL BEFORE MOVING ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA 
WED. ERNESTO IS THEN FORECAST TO EMERGE INTO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE 
AND SW GULF NEAR 19.4N 93.4W THU MORNING WHILE RE-STRENGTHENING
TO A HURRICANE...THEN MOVING BACK INLAND OVER MEXICO FRI MORNING
NEAR 19.2N 96.6W...RAPIDLY WEAKENING OVER LAND. SWELLS FROM
ERNESTO SHOULD SPREAD OVER MUCH OF THE S CENTRAL AND NW GULF WED
THROUGH FRI.

.THIS AFTERNOON...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 2 TO 4 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...AN INCREASED PRES GRADIENT WILL PERSIST OVER MUCH OF 
THE FAR SOUTHERN WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT AS TROPICAL STORM 
ERNESTO IN THE NW CARIBBEAN SEA TRACKS TOWARDS AND THEN ACROSS 
THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. HIGH PRES CENTERED NE OF BERMUDA WILL 
SHIFT SLOWLY NE THROUGH SAT AS A TROPICAL WAVE OR TROUGH...THE 
REMNANTS OF FLORENCE...MOVES INTO THE SE PORTION OF THE REGION 
FROM THE OPEN ATLC. THIS FEATURE WILL GRADUALLY DRIFT W ACROSS 
THE SW N ATLC THROUGH FRI...DISSIPATING SAT AS HIGH PRES 
REBUILDS IN FROM THE E. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 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.