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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
532 PM 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...HURRICANE ERNESTO IN THE NW CARIBBEAN SEA NEAR 18.8N
86.2W AT 5 PM EDT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE YUCATAN PENINSULA WED
THEN EMERGE INTO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE AS A TROPICAL STORM WED
NIGHT. IT IS EXPECTED TO RE-INTENSIFY INTO A HURRICANE IN THE SW
GULF THU BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL THEN RAPIDLY WEAKEN OVER
SOUTHERN MEXICO FRI. SWELLS FROM ERNESTO WILL SPREAD OVER MUCH
OF THE S CENTRAL AND NW GULF THROUGH FRI. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TONIGHT...S TO SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.
.WED...E TO SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS.
.WED NIGHT THROUGH THU NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI THROUGH SUN...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TONIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.WED NIGHT THROUGH THU NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.FRI THROUGH SUN...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.