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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
543 PM EDT FRI AUG 17 2012

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

SOUTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM HELENE NEAR 20.5N 96.1W AT
17/2100 UTC MOV NW 3 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT GUSTS
50 KT. HELENE WILL MOVE TO NEAR 21.1N 96.9W TONIGHT WITH MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS OF 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT...THEN INALND OVER MEXICO
NEAR 22.1N 98.1W SAT THEN DISSIPATE SUN. OTHERWISE RIDGE ALONG
27N/28N WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.  

.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...INCREASING TO 5 TO
10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.SAT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.SAT NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.MON...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A WEAK RIDGE ALONG 27N TO 28N WILL REMAIN NEARLY
STATIONARY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. A TROPICAL WAVE S OF 22N
ALONG 64W WILL MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN WATERS THIS
WEEKEND.  

.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...SW TO
W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SW 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND SW TO W 10 TO
15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.SAT NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND SW TO W
10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.SUN NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS
5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.MON...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.TUE...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.