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FZNT25 KNHC 080347
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1147 PM 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...HURRICANE ERNESTO NEAR 18.7N 87.7W AT 11 PM EDT NEAR
THE BELIZE/MEXICO BORDER WILL MOVE ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA
WED THEN EMERGE INTO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE AS A TROPICAL STORM WED
NIGHT. IT IS EXPECTED TO RE-INTENSIFY INTO A HURRICANE IN THE SW
GULF THU BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL THEN RAPIDLY WEAKEN OVER
SOUTHERN MEXICO FRI. SWELLS FROM ERNESTO WILL SPREAD OVER MUCH
OF THE S CENTRAL AND NW GULF THROUGH FRI. 

.OVERNIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE 15 TO 20 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...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...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES CENTERED NE OF BERMUDA WILL SHIFT SLOWLY
NE THROUGH SAT AS A TROPICAL WAVE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS
OF FLORENCE MOVES INTO THE REGION. THE WAVE WILL GRADUALLY DRIFT
W ACROSS THROUGH FRI...THEN DISSIPATE SAT AND SUN AS HIGH PRES
BUILDS EASTWARD.   

.OVERNIGHT...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE
TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 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. 
.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. 
.THU...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO
15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SE
10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.