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FZNT27 KNHC 050941
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
541 AM EDT SUN AUG 5 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 W
GULF WILL SLOWLY LIFT N INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. A SURFACE TROUGH
CURRENTLY ACROSS THE FLORIDA PENINSULA WILL DRIFT W INTO THE E
GULF TODAY THEN TOWARD THE CENTRAL GULF THROUGH WED. TROPICAL
STORM ERNESTO CURRENTLY IN THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN IS FORECAST TO
INTENSIFY INTO A HURRICANE BEFORE IT MOVES ACROSS THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA LATE TUE THROUGH WED. ERNESTO EXPECTED TO EMERGE INTO
THE SW GULF WED NIGHT AND THU AS A TROPICAL STORM THEN RE-
INTENSIFY INTO A HURRICANE. ATLC HIGH PRES WILL BUILD WESTWARD
ACROSS THE GULF BEHIND THE TROUGH AND N OF ERNESTO. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

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

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING NE IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
1 FOOT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...N TO NE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING SE AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 0 TO 1 FT. ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING N IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
0 TO 1 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON NIGHT...SW WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING SE TO S AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 0 TO 1 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.WED...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.