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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
517 AM EDT THU AUG 23 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...A SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND 
SW TO JUST S OF LOUISIANA NEAR 28N90W WILL DRIFT E THROUGH THE 
WEEK DISSIPATING BY FRI. A TROPICAL WAVE IN THE FAR SW GULF WILL 
MOVE W AND INLAND OVER MEXICO BY THIS AFTERNOON. TROPICAL STORM 
ISAAC CURRENTLY WELL SE OF THE GULF IS FORECAST TO MOVE NW TO 
THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA NEAR 24.4N 80.9W SUN NIGHT AS A MINIMAL 
HURRICANE...THEN TO 27.4N 83.7W MON NIGHT.

.TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 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 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO
25 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 15.3N 64.0W AT 5 AM EDT 
MOVING W AT 10 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 35 KT GUSTS 45 KT.
ISAAC WILL MOVE TO 16.2N 65.9W THIS AFTERNOON...TO 16.9N 68.4W 
TONIGHT...THEN WILL STRENGTHEN TO A HURRICANE NEAR 17.8N 71.1W 
FRI AFTERNOON...WEAKENING BACK TO A TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES 
OVER LAND AND THEN TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE NEAR 19.1N 73.4W FRI 
NIGHT...BACK INLAND TO 21.8N 77.4W SAT NIGHT...THEN BACK TO A 
HURRICANE NEAR 24.4N 80.9W SUN NIGHT AS IT MOVES W OF THE AREA 
INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. MEANWHILE TROPICAL DEPRESSION TEN IS 
FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH AMZ127 AS A TROPICAL STORM NEAR 22.0N 
57.0W SAT NIGHT...THEN TO NEAR AMZ117 NEAR AT 31.0N 64.5W MON 
NIGHT.

.TODAY...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO
15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...
BECOMING E TO SE 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO
10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING
TO 20 TO 25 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT.
SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...S OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. 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.