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FZNT27 KNHC 290944
OFFN06

NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
544 AM EDT WED AUG 29 2012

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

.SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE ISAAC CENTERED NEAR THE COAST OF LOUISIANA
NEAR 29.2N 90.5W 969 MB AT 0900 UTC MOVING W-NW AT 7 KT WITH
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 70 KT GUST TO 85 KT. ISAAC WILL MOVE
FURTHER INLAND TODAY AND WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL STORM NEAR 30.5N
91.8W TONIGHT...AND BELOW TROPICAL STORM INTENSITY NEAR 31.8N
92.8W BY THU AFTERNOON. WINDS AND SEAS IN THE WAKE OF ISAAC WILL
SLOWLY SUBSIDE THROUGH FRI AS HIGH PRES BUILDS SW ACROSS THE
GULF WATERS. A RIDGE WILL BUILD N ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF
MEXICO FROM LATE SUN THROUGH MON. 

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

...HURRICANE WARNING...

.TODAY...N OF 28N BETWEEN 87W AND 92W W TO NW WINDS 60 TO 70
KT...DIMINISHING TO 50 TO 55 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE NW
TO N WINDS 20 TO 30 KT. SEAS 14 FT...BUILDING TO 16 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. VSBY 1 NM OR
LESS.
.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH HURRICANE
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE NEAR THE COAST. N OF 29N BETWEEN 88W AND 93W W
TO NW WINDS 50 TO 55 KT...BECOMING W 35 TO 40 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
ELSEWHERE W TO NW WINDS 20 TO 30 KT DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS
13 TO 18 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.THU...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. SW TO W WINDS 25 TO
30 KT. SEAS 14 FT...SUBSIDING TO 12 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 20 TO 25 KT. SEAS 10 FT...SUBSIDING
TO 8 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.SUN...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

...HURRICANE WARNING...

.TODAY...HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S WINDS 60 TO 70 KT...
DIMINISHING TO 45 TO 50 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 17 TO 22 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. VSBY 1 NM OR LESS. 
.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH HURRICANE
CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S WINDS 35 TO 40 KT...DIMINISHING TO 25 TO
30 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 19 FT...SUBSIDING TO 17 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S WINDS 25 TO 30 KT.
SEAS 16 FT...SUBSIDING TO 14 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO
20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 12 FT...SUBSIDING TO 9 FT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. 
.FRI...SE TO S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN
THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 6 TO 9 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.SAT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...NE TO E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.