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FZNT25 KNHC 182053
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
453 PM 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 DEPRESSION HELENE INLAND NEAR 22.6N 98.8W
AT 5 PM EDT MOVING WNW AT 4 KT WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS
25 KT GUSTS TO 35 KT. HELENE WILL DISSIPATE OVERNIGHT AS IT
MOVES FURTHER INLAND. A RIDGE ALONG 27N WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL ENTER THE NW GULF MON...AND
DRIFT STALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF TUE AND WED BEFORE
DISSIPATING THU. 

.TONIGHT...S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN...S TO SW 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. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING S 10 TO 15 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS. 
.TUE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED...SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A SERIES OF WEAK TROUGHS WILL MOVE EASTWARD N OF 28N
THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. NORTHERN EXTENT OF A TROPICAL WAVE
ALONG 72W/73W WILL MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE GREATER ANTILLES THIS
WEEKEND. HIGH PRES RIDGE ALONG 27N WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY
THROUGH WED AND THU.  

.TONIGHT...SE TO S 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...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...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. 
.MON NIGHT...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. 
.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. 
.THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.