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FZNT25 KNHC 021555
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1155 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 EARLY THU. OTHERWISE...WEAK HIGH
PRES WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD.  

.THIS AFTERNOON...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. 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 NW 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 29.1N 79.1W 997 MB AT
11 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
THIS EVENING NEAR 30.1N 78.9W...TO 60 KT GUSTS 75 KT EARLY THU
NEAR 31.5N 78.5W...THEN REACH HURRICANE FORCE OF 70 KT GUSTS
85 KT N OF THE FORECAST WATERS BY LATE THU LATE NEAR 33.5N 76.8W.
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
...THEN LIFT TO THE FAR NORTHERN WATERS SAT THROUGH SUN NIGHT.

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.THIS AFTERNOON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT
S OF 27N...AND S 50 TO 55 KT N OF 27N. SEAS 6 TO 8 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. S OF 27N...S WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF
27N...SW WINDS 50 TO 55 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO
6 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 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 40 TO 45 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 20 TO 25 KT...
DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 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...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.