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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1054 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 21.0N 96.4W AT 18/0300 UTC
MOV NW 6 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT GUSTS 45 KT. HELENE
WILL MOVE TO NEAR 22.2N 97.8W LATE SAT WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
OF 45 KT GUSTS 55 KT...THEN INALND OVER MEXICO NEAR 23.0N 98.0W
EARLY SUN THEN DISSIPATE. OTHERWISE RIDGE ALONG 27N/28N WILL
PERSIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.OVERNIGHT...W TO NW WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SAT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS. 
.SAT NIGHT...S TO SW WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SUN...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.MON...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TUE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 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 65W/66W WILL MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHERN WATERS
THIS WEEKEND.  

.OVERNIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SAT...S OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW TO W 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 10 TO 15 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.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 AND TSTMS. 
.MON...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 TO S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.