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FZNT25 KNHC 240931
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
531 AM EDT FRI AUG 24 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 RIDGE AXIS EXTENDS FROM 1019 MB HIGH PRES
OVER THE NE GULF SW TO THE WESTERN GULF. THE RIDGE IS EXPECTED
TO SLIDE NORTHWARD AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC...CURRENTLY IN THE
EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA IS FORECAST TO MOVE NW ALONG THE COAST OF
N CENTRAL CUBA SAT NIGHT...AND INTO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA LATE
SUN...THEN INTO THE SE GULF OF GULF OF MEXICO TO NEAR NEAR 25.5N
83.0W BY LATE SUN NIGHT. ISAAC IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY INTO A
HURRICANE NEAR 28.0N 86.0W BY MON NIGHT AND CONTINUE NW TUE. 

.TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE TO E WINDS
20 TO 25 KT...INCREASING TO 30 TO 35 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE WINDS 30 TO
35 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 45 TO 50 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO
9 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.TUE...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE FROM NEAR 31N68W SW TO CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL 
LIFT N THROUGH MON AS TROPICAL STORM ISAAC IN THE CENTRAL 
CARIBBEAN SEA TRACKS W. ISAAC WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN HAITI
EARLY TONIGHT TO JUST E OF CUBA NEAR 18.8N 74.1W BY LATE
TONIGHT. ISAAC WILL TRACK NW ACROSS CUBA SAT AND BEGIN TO EXIT
THE N CENTRAL COAST OF CUBA NEAR 22.4N 78.9W BY SAT NIGHT...AND
CONTINUE NW ALONG THE N COAST OF CUBA AND INTO THE STRAITS OF
FLORIDA LATE SUN...THEN INTO THE SE GULF OF GULF OF MEXICO TO
NEAR NEAR 25.0N 82.5W BY LATE SUN NIGHT.  

.TODAY...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND E 10 TO 15 KT
N OF 27N. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT S OF 27N...AND E 10 TO
15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 25 TO 30 KT S OF 27N...AND NE TO E 15 TO
20 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.SAT NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S OF 27N...NE
TO E WINDS 35 TO 40 KT...INCREASING TO 40 TO 45 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 10 FT...BUILDING TO 13 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF
27N...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S OF 27N...E TO SE
WINDS 45 TO 50 KT. SEAS 11 TO 16 FT. N OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS
25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON...S OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 25 TO 30 KT...DIMINISHING TO
20 TO 25 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...E TO SE WINDS 20 TO
25 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING SE TO S
15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT.
SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. 
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT S OF 27N...AND 8 TO 11 FT N OF
27N.