000 FZNT25 KNHC 081525 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1125 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 OAT 18.7N 90.4W AT 11 AM EDT MOVE ACROSS YUCATAN PENINSULA AND EMERGE ON BAY OF CAMPECHE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ERNESTO EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING W WITH MINOR INTENSIFICATION IN SW GULF BY THU AFTERNOON BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL AND RAPIDLY WEAKENING OVER SOUTHERN MEXICO EARLY FRI. SE SWELLS FROM ERNESTO SPREAD OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NW GULF THROUGH THU. .THIS AFTERNOON...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .TONIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. .THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .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. .SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 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. 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. .THIS AFTERNOON...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. .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...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 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING S 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .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. .SUN...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.