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FZNT27 KNHC 070931
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
531 AM EDT TUE AUG 7 2012

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

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO IN THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA
IS FORECAST TO MOVE W-NW AND INTENSIFY TO HURRICANE FORCE THIS
AFTERNOON BEFORE MOVING INLAND ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA NEAR
18.8N 88.0W AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ERNESTO IS THEN FORECAST TO
TRACK W ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA WED AND WEAKEN AND EMERGE
ACROSS THE FAR E BAY OF CAMPECHE NEAR 19.4N 91.0W LATE WED
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE MOVING W ACROSS THE BAY OF CAMPECHE WED
NIGHT THROUGH THU NIGHT AND THEN INLAND ACROSS MEXICO LATE THU
NIGHT. SWELLS FROM ERNESTO SHOULD SPREAD OVER MUCH OF THE
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE GULF WED THROUGH EARLY FRI.

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...SE TO S WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING NE IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 FOOT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING E IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.THU...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING N IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. 
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.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...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.