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FZNT26 KNHC 032144
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
544 PM EDT FRI AUG 3 2012

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

.SYNOPSIS...AT 5 PM AST...TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 13.9 NORTH...LONGITUDE 64.1 WEST AND WAS MOVING
TOWARD THE WEST AT NEAR 18 KNOTS. ERNESTO IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
GENERALLY WEST FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ON THE FORECAST
TRACK...THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN TODAY
THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH INCREASING FRESH TO STRONG WINDS...ALONG
WITH THUNDERSTORMS...SQUALLS AND BUILDING HAZARDOUS SEAS ACROSS
MOST OF THE LOCAL COASTAL WATERS. 

SAN JUAN ATLANTIC WATERS

.TONIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 FT...BUILDING TO
7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.SAT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 

SAN JUAN CARIBBEAN WATERS

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING S OF 17N...

.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED S OF 17N. NE TO E
WINDS 30 TO 35 KT...INCREASING TO 35 TO 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 8 FT...BUILDING TO 11 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 17N NE TO E
WINDS 20 TO 25 KNOTS. SEAS 6 TO 8 FEET. NUMEROUS SQUALLS AND TSTMS
SE PART. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. ELSEWHERE.
.SAT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE S OF 17N. E WINDS 25 TO 30
KT. SEAS 11 TO 16 FT. N OF 17N E WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 8 TO 11 FT.
NUMEROUS SQUALLS AND TSTMS S PART. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS ELSEWHERE.
.SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 25 TO 30 KT. SEAS 10 TO 15 FT.
SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 20 TO 30 KT...BECOMING E 20 TO 25 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 9 TO 14 FT S OF 17N...AND 8 TO 10 FT N OF 17N.
SCATTERED TSTMS.
.SUN NIGHT...S OF 17N E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT...SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 8 FT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 17N E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS...EXCEPT SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS TSTMS SW PART.
.MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT IN E TO SE SWELL. 
.MON NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT.