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FZNT27 KNHC 060924
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
524 AM EDT MON AUG 6 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 EXTENDS FROM THE NE GULF TO THE W
CENTRAL GULF AND GRADUALLY LIFT N THROUGH TUE. TROPICAL STORM
ERNESTO NEAR 18N 80W AT 5 AM EDT IS MOVING W AT 10 KT WITH
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT. ERNESTO IS FORECAST
TO INTENSIFY TO JUST BELOW HURRICANE STRENGTH AND MOVE ACROSS
THE YUCATAN PENINSULA WED...THEN WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM
BEFORE EMERGING INTO THE FAR EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE NEAR 18.7N
92.2W BY LATE WED NIGHT. ERNESTO IS THEN FORECAST TO INTENSIFY
SOME AS IT TRACK NW ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE BAY OF CAMPECHE
AND SW GULF THU AND TO INLAND SE MEXICO FRI. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING N TO NE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...W TO NW WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING SE TO S AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TUE...W WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING E IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 1 FOOT. 
.TUE NIGHT...SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING SE TO S AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...N TO NW WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...S WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING SE TO S AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 0 TO 1 FT. 
.TUE...S WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. 
.TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.THU...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.