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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1052 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016

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

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM EARL IS CENTERED OVER THE FAR SW GULF
OF MEXICO NEAR 19.0N 95.9W 999 MB AT 11 PM EDT...MOVING W OR 275
DEG AT 7 KT. EARL IS FORECAST TO MAINTAIN TROPICAL STORM STRENGTH
AND REACH INLAND NEAR 19.0N 96.7W AT 8 AM SAT. EARL IS FORECAST
TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION INLAND NEAR 19.0N 97.5W AT 8 PM
SAT...AND THEN DISSIPATE BY SUN MORNING. AN E TO W RIDGE WILL
MEANDER FROM THE SE GULF WATERS TO THE NE TEXAS COAST THROUGH WED.
A SERIES OF WEAK TROUGHS...ACCOMPANIED BY TSTMS...WILL PASS E
ACROSS THE NE GULF WATERS TO THE N OF THE RIDGE AXIS THROUGH WED.
THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT A SURFACE LOW MAY DEVELOP ALONG ANY
OF THESE TROUGHS...WITH THE LOW MOVING QUICKLY NE ACROSS THE NE
COASTAL PLAINS.

NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO

.OVERNIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT IN THE MORNING...SUBSIDING
TO 2 FT OR LESS. 
.MON NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TUE...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS... BUILDING
TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.  

NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.OVERNIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 FT LATE IN THE
EVENING...SUBSIDING TO 2 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT NIGHT...SW TO W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. 
.MON...W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...SW TO W WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TUE...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.WED...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.