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FZNT27 KNHC 042129
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
529 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2012

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

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK RIDGE EXTENDING FROM THE NE GULF TO THE SW
GULF WILL SLOWLY LIFT N INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. A SURFACE TROUGH
CURRENTLY E OF FLORIDA ALONG 80W WILL DRIFT W ACROSS FLORIDA AND
THEN INTO THE E GULF LATE TONIGHT INTO SUN...THEN TOWARD THE
CENTRAL GULF THROUGH WED. TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO CURRENTLY IN
THE E CARIBBEAN IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY INTO A HURRICANE BEFORE
IT MOVES ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE TUE THROUGH WED.
ERNESTO EMERGES INTO THE GULF WED NIGHT AND THU AS A TROPICAL
STORM. ATLC HIGH PRES WILL BUILD WESTWARD ACROSS THE GULF BEHIND
THE TROUGH AND N OF ERNESTO. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.MON...S TO SW WINDS 5 KT...BECOMING N TO NE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.MON NIGHT...N TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING S TO SW AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...W TO NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING S TO SW AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.WED...SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING N TO NW IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TONIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.SUN NIGHT...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.MON...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. 
.MON NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING S 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT.