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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
524 AM EDT WED AUG 8 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 INLAND OVER THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA NEAR 18.9N 88.9W AT 5 AM EDT AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
YUCATAN PENINSULA TODAY THEN EMERGE ACROSS THE E BAY OF CAMPECHE
AS A TROPICAL STORM LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ERNESTO EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE MOVING W AND RE-INTENSIFY INTO A HURRICANE IN THE SW
GULF BY THU AFTERNOON BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL AND RAPIDLY
WEAKENING OVER SOUTHERN MEXICO EARLY FRI. SE SWELLS FROM ERNESTO
WILL SPREAD OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND NW GULF TODAY THROUGH
THU. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...SE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...BECOMING E IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.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 TO S 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 2 TO 3 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.TODAY...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS AND
SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.THU...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SAT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...E TO SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.