000 FZNT25 KNHC 100318 OFFN04 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1118 PM EDT THU AUG 9 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 NEAR 18.1N 95.2W AT 09/2100 UTC MOVING W AT 9 KT WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT GUSTS TO 55 KT. ERNESTO WILL DISSIPATE TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AS IT CONTINUES INLAND TO 18.0N 96.5W LATE TONIGHT...DISSIPATING AFTER MOVING INTO THE E PACIFIC WATERS SAT AFTERNOON. SE SWELLS GENERATED BY ERNESTO WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NW GULF THROUGH TONIGHT...WHILE HIGH SEAS WITH LARGE SWELLS PERSISTING ACROSS THE SW GULF THROUGH FRI. A TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE FROM NW CARIBBEAN INTO THE SE GULF LATE SAT MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL TO W GULF THROUGH MON. .OVERNIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .FRI...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .FRI NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SE 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .SAT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .SAT NIGHT...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. .SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .MON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING E 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .TUE...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA .SYNOPSIS...HIGH PRES CENTER 1023 MB OVER CENTRAL ATLC E OF BERMUDA SHIFT NE THROUGH SAT. TROPICAL WAVE ASSOCIATED WITH REMNANTS OF FLORENCE ALONG 64W MOVE W-NW ACROSS E PORTIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SAT. TROPICAL DEPRESSION SEVEN NEAR 13.7N 43.8W AT 2100 UTC MOV W AT 17 KT. MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 30 KT WITH GUSTS TO 40 KT. DEPRESSION FORECAST TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM NEAR 13.5N 50.0W ON FRI WITH MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT GUSTS 45 KT...THEN MOVE TO NEAR 13.8N 57.4W SAT AND WELL S OF THE AREA INTO E CARIBBEAN SUN AND MON AND CENTRAL CARIBBEAN TUE. .OVERNIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SE TO S 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .FRI...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .SAT...S OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .SAT NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .SUN...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .SUN NIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT... DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .MON...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .TUE...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.