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FZNT25 KNHC 241530
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1130 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....HIGH PRES RIDGE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF WITH
MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS EXCEPT FOR ELY WINDS AT 20 KT ACROSS THE SE
CARIBBEAN AS THE PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN THE RIDGE AND TROPICAL
STORM ISAAC HAS TIGHTENED. TROPICAL STORM ISAAC IS FORECAST TO
MOVE INTO CENTRAL CUBA SUN AND INTO THE SE GULF MON THEN
INTENSIFY INTO A HURRCAINE IN THE NE GULF TUE. ISAAC IS FORECAST
TO MOVE INLAND INTO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AS A HURRICANE WED. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. 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...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...INCREASING TO 25 TO
30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE WINDS 30 TO
35 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 40 TO 45 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO
9 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.TUE...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM ISAAC NEAR 16.3N 70.8W AT 11 AM EDT 
MOVING WNW AT 12 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 50 KT GUSTS 60 KT. 
ISAAC WILL CONTINUE ON A WNW TRACK CROSSING SW HAITI TONIGHT 
REACHING NEAR 19.2N 75.1W SAT THEN THEN INTO CENTRAL CUBA NEAR 
22.3N 79.5W SUN MORNING THEN INTO THE SE GULF OF MEXICO MON.  

.THIS AFTERNOON...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND E TO
SE 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 NE TO 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 30 TO 35 KT...INCREASING TO 35 TO 40 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 WINDS
40 TO 45 KT...BECOMING E TO SE 45 TO 50 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N
OF 27N...NE TO E WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 11 TO 16 FT S OF 27N...
AND 8 TO 11 FT N OF 27N. 
.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...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT. 
.TUE...S OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO
10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO
20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT S OF 27N...AND 8 TO 11 FT N OF 27N.