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FZNT25 KNHC 242337
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
737 PM 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 PREVAILS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF
WITH MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. ELY
WINDS AT 20 KT PREVAILS ACROSS THE SE GULF WATERS AS THE PRES
GRADIENT BETWEEN THE RIDGE AND TROPICAL STORM ISAAC HAS
TIGHTENED. TROPICAL STORM ISAAC IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE
STRAITS OF FLORIDA SUNDAY AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE INTO THE EASTERN
GULF OF MEXICO BY MON AFTERNOON AS IT INTENSIFIES INTO A
HURRICANE. ISAAC IS THEN FORECAST TO MOVE INLAND NEAR THE
FLORIDA PANHANDLE TUE NIGHT. 

.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 FT...BUILDING TO
6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...INCREASING TO 25 TO
30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. NE WINDS 35 TO
40 KT...BECOMING N TO NE 45 TO 55 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
7 FT...BUILDING TO 12 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.SUN NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. N WINDS 50 TO
60 KT. SEAS 13 TO 18 FT. 
.MON...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON NIGHT...HURRICANE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.TUE...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.TUE NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.WED...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING SW 15 TO 20 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM ISAAC NEAR 17.3N 71.9W AT 5 PM EDT
MOVING NW AT 14 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 55 KT GUSTS 65 KT.
ISAAC WILL CONTINUE ON A NW TRACK CROSSING SW HAITI TONIGHT THEN
ACROSS THE WINDWARD PASSAGE AND INTO SE CUBA SAT MORNING...
REACHING NEAR 20.7N 76.2W SAT AFTERNOON...THEN EMERGE OFF THE N
CENTRAL COAST OF CUBA NEAR 22.4N 78.6W LATE SAT NIGHT...THEN NW
ALONG THE N COAST OF CUBA AND ACROSS THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO
NEAR 23.9N 80.7W SUN AFTERNOON...THEN ACROSS THE FLORIDA KEYS
AND INTO THE EXTREME SE GULF SUN NIGHT AND MON.  

.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. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.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 15 TO
20 KT. 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 13 FT...BUILDING TO 16 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
45 TO 50 KT...BECOMING SE 50 TO 55 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF
27N...NE TO E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING E 25 TO 30 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 15 TO 20 FT S OF 27N...AND 8 TO 11 FT N OF 27N. 
.SUN NIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S OF 27N...SE
WINDS 45 TO 50 KT...BECOMING SE TO S 30 TO 35 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 17 FT...SUBSIDING TO 15 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF
27N...E WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. 
.MON...SE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. S OF 27N...SEAS 9 FT...
SUBSIDING TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SEAS 8 TO 13 FT. 
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT S OF 27N...AND
8 TO 11 FT N OF 27N. 
.TUE NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. N OF 27N...SE
TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 4 TO 6 FT S OF 27N...AND 7 TO 10 FT N OF 27N. 
.WED...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. N OF
27N...S TO SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT.