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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
441 AM EDT SAT AUG 18 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 21.5N 96.7W AT 18/0900 
UTC MOVING NW AT 5 KT WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 35 KT GUSTS 
TO 45 KT. HELENE IS FORECAST TO MOVE TO 21.9N 97.4W THIS 
AFTERNOON...THEN TO 22.5N 98.0W SAT NIGHT...THEN WILL BECOME A
REMNANT LOW OVER MEXICO THEREAFTER. OTHERWISE A RIDGE ALONG
27N/28N WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A COLD FRONT MAY ENTER
THE NW GULF MON...SLOWLY DRIFTING E ACROSS THE NORTHERN WATERS
THROUGH WED. 

.TODAY...VARIABLE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...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...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND TSTMS.
.MON...S TO SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 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 SERIES OF WEAK TROUGHS WILL MOVE E OF NORTHERN
FLORIDA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. A TROPICAL WAVE S OF 22N OVER
THE MONA PASSAGE WILL MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN
WATERS THIS WEEKEND. OTHERWISE A WEAK RIDGE ALONG 27N TO 28N WILL
REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...SW
WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE AFTERNOON.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW 10 TO
15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SUN...S OF 27N...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS
2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND S TO SW 10 TO
15 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.MON...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 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.