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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
447 AM EDT FRI AUG 17 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...THE WESTERN EXTENSION OF AN ATLC RIDGE WILL EXTEND
ALONG 27N THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A TROPICAL WAVE S OF 23N ALONG
95W WILL DRIFT NW WITH LOW PRES EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ON THE WAVE
LATER TODAY. THE LOW HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP INTO A
TROPICAL CYCLONE AS IT MOVES NW TOWARD AND EVENTUALLY INLAND
OVER THE NE MEXICAN COAST SAT. THE LOW IS THEN FORECAST TO TURN
N AND LINGER ALONG OR JUST INLAND OF MEXICO INTO NEXT WEEK.
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS TSTMS WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE
LOW. 

.TODAY...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.MON...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TUE...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK ATLC RIDGE ALONG 27N TO 28N WILL REMAIN
NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. A FAST MOVING
TROPICAL WAVE S OF 22N ALONG 59W WILL CLIP THE SOUTHERN WATERS
TODAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND.  

.TODAY...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO
2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 10 TO 15 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW 10 TO
15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.SUN...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.