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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
523 AM EDT WED AUG 8 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 INLAND OVER THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA NEAR 18.9N 88.9W AT 5 AM EDT AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA TODAY THEN EMERGE ACROSS THE E BAY OF CAMPECHE
AS A TROPICAL STORM LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ERNESTO EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE MOVING W AND RE-INTENSIFY INTO A HURRICANE IN THE SW
GULF BY THU AFTERNOON BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL AND RAPIDLY
WEAKENING OVER SOUTHERN MEXICO EARLY FRI. SE SWELLS FROM ERNESTO
WILL SPREAD OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND NW GULF TODAY THROUGH
THU. 

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.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...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES CENTERED E OF BERMUDA WILL SHIFT SLOWLY NE
THROUGH SAT. A TROPICAL WAVE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF
FLORENCE WAS ALONG 53W THIS MORNING AND WILL MOVE W-NW ACROSS E
PORTIONS THU NIGHT THROUGH SAT.   

.TODAY...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. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...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...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 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.