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FZNT25 KNHC 020952
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
552 AM EDT WED JUL 2 2014

...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...LOW LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE WILL DRIFT
SLOWLY W AND WEAKEN THROUGH TONIGHT. OTHERWISE...WEAK HIGH PRES
WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD. 

.TODAY...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.THU...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.FRI...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING W 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.FRI NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SAT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS... TROPICAL STORM ARTHUR NEAR 28.4N 79.1W 996 MB AT 5 
AM MOVING SLOWLY N WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 50 KT GUSTS 60 
KT. ARTHUR IS FORECAST TO INTENSIFY TO 55 KT GUSTS 65 KT BY 
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON NEAR 29.3N 79.3W...TO 60 KT GUSTS 75 KT 
LATE WED NIGHT NEAR 30.5N 79.1W...THEN REACH HURRICANE FORCE OF  
OF 70 KT GUSTS 85 KT N OF THE FORECAST WATERS BY EARLY THU 
AFTERNOON NEAR 32.1N 78.1W. WINDS AND ASSOCIATED SEAS WILL 
DECREASING OVER THE NW WATERS THROUGH FRI NIGHT. IN THE WAKE OF 
ARTHUR...A RIDGE WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED FROM 30N65W TO THE 
STRAITS OF FLORIDA THU THROUGH FRI EVENING...THEN LIFT TO THE 
FAR NORTHERN WATERS SAT THROUGH SUN NIGHT.


...HURRICANE WARNING N OF 27N W OF 77W...

.TODAY...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S OF 27N...S WINDS
20 TO 25 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF
27N...SE TO S WINDS 45 TO 55 KT. N OF 27N...SEAS 17 TO 27 FT. S OF
27N...SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S OF 27N...S WINDS
15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 45 TO 55
KT...BECOMING SW 55 TO 65 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 19 TO 27 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.THU...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. S OF 27N...S WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SE 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...
SW WINDS 50 TO 55 KT... DIMINISHING TO 25 TO 30 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.THU NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT... INCREASING TO
10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT. 
.FRI...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO
10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS
3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.FRI NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
.SAT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. 
.SAT NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.