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FZNT25 KNHC 230321
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1121 PM EDT WED AUG 22 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...TROUGH EXTENDING FROM FLORIDA BIG BEND REGION SW TO
28N92W TO 25N95W WILL DRIFT E THROUGH THE WEEK DISSIPATING BY
FRI. TROPICAL WAVE ACROSS THE SW GULF WILL MOVE W AND INLAND
OVER MEXICO THU. TROPICAL STORM ISAAC CURRENTLY WELL SE OF THE
GULF IS FORECAST TO MOVE NW ACROSS THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA SUN
NIGHT AND APPROACH SW FLORIDA MON AS A HURRICANE.  

.OVERNIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SUN NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM ISAAC NEAR 15.8N 63.0W AT 11 PM EDT 
MOVING W AT 17 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN 40 KT GUSTS 50 
KT. ISAAC EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON A WESTERLY TRACK TONIGHT THEN 
MOVE MORE W-NW AND INTENSIFY GRADUALLY...REACHING NEAR 16.2N 
65.4W THU MORNING...TO NEAR 16.9N 68.1W THU EVENING...BECOMING A 
MINIMAL HURRICANE S OF HISPANIOLA NEAR 17.5N 70.5W FRI MORNING 
THEN MOVING ACROSS HISPANIOLA THROUGH FRI EVENING AND EMERGING 
ACROSS THE WINDWARD PASSAGE EARLY SAT MORNING AND THEN INLAND 
AGAIN ACROSS EASTERN CUBA...REACHING NEAR 21.5N 77.0W ALONG THE 
N COAST OF CUBA SAT EVENING...THEN ACROSS THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA 
NEAR 24.0N 80.5W SUN EVENING. HIGH PRES RIDGE TO PREVAIL ACROSS 
THE REGION N OF ISAAC THROUGH THE PERIOD. 

.OVERNIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...NE TO 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 ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND SE 10 TO
15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND NE TO E 10 TO
15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 27N...AND E 10 TO
15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...INCREASING TO
25 TO 30 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO
9 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SUN...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.SUN NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE.