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FZNT27 KNHC 080348
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1148 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 NEAR 18.7N 87.7W AT 11 PM EDT NEAR
THE BELIZE/MEXICO BORDER 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

.OVERNIGHT...N TO NE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING SE AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING E IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.WED NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE TO S 5 TO 10 KT
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.OVERNIGHT...W WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING S AFTER MIDNIGHT.
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...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.THU...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.