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FZNT27 KNHC 070251
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1051 PM 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 SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE FAR EASTERN GULF NEAR
THE FLORIDA COAST WILL SHIFT W TO THE CENTRAL GULF BY TUE NIGHT
BEFORE DISSIPATING. TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO IN THE WESTERN
CARIBBEAN SEA IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY INTO A HURRICANE BEFORE
MOVING INLAND THE YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY TUE EVENING...AND TO
NEAR 18.7N 87.8W BY LATE TUE NIGHT. ERNESTO IS THEN FORECAST TO
TRACK ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA WED TO NEAR 19.3N 91.1W BY
EARLY WED EVENING...THEN INTO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE TO NEAR 19.5N
94.8W BY EARLY THU EVENING...AND TO INLAND MEXICO LATER THU
NIGHT AND INTO FRI. SWELLS FROM ERNESTO SHOULD SPREAD OVER MUCH
OF THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE GULF WED AND INTO
EARLY FRI. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.OVERNIGHT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. 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...S WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING SE IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.OVERNIGHT...NE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 0 TO 1 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TUE...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS. 
.TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.THU...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...SE TO S WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.