000 FZNT27 KNHC 100320 OFFN06 NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1120 PM EDT THU AUG 9 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 NEAR 18.1N 95.2W AT 09/2100 UTC MOVING W AT 9 KT WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 45 KT GUSTS TO 55 KT. ERNESTO WILL DISSIPATE TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AS IT CONTINUES INLAND TO 18.0N 96.5W LATE TONIGHT...DISSIPATING AFTER MOVING INTO THE E PACIFIC WATERS SAT AFTERNOON. SE SWELLS GENERATED BY ERNESTO WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NW GULF THROUGH TONIGHT...WHILE HIGH SEAS WITH LARGE SWELLS PERSISTING ACROSS THE SW GULF THROUGH FRI. A TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE FROM NW CARIBBEAN INTO THE SE GULF LATE SAT MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL TO W GULF THROUGH MON. NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO .OVERNIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. .FRI...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .FRI NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. .SAT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .SAT NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .SUN...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. .MON...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .MON NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .TUE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO .OVERNIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .FRI...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .FRI NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .SAT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .SAT NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .SUN...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .SUN NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .MON...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .MON NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. .TUE...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS.