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FZNT25 KNHC 010940
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
540 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 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...A FRONTAL TROUGH FROM SW FLORIDA TO THE CENTRAL GULF
WATERS WILL DISSIPATE AS IT DRIFTS SE THROUGH SAT. A SECOND
FRONTAL TROUGH WILL MOVE OFFSHORE THE TEXAS COAST LATE FRI NIGHT
AND MEANDER OVER THE NW GULF THROUGH SUN BEFORE DISSIPATING. AN
E TO W RIDGE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF EARLY NEXT
WEEK. 

.TODAY...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.SAT...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.SUN NIGHT...SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.MON...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.MON NIGHT...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.TUE...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE EXTENDING FROM 38N61W TO PALM BEACH FLORIDA
WILL SHIFT N TO CAPE CANAVERAL EARLY THIS WEEKEND. NEWLY FORMED
TROPICAL STORM BERTHA MOVING ACROSS THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS
THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NW AND ACROSS THE NE CARIBBEAN
LOW PRESSURE CURRENTLY NEAR 12N55W IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE
LEEWARD ISLANDS AND NE CARIBBEAN TONIGHT AND SAT...THEN THROUGH
THE MONA PASSAGE AND ACROSS FAR NE PORTIONS OF THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC SAT NIGHT BEFORE CONTINUING MORE NW ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST
BAHAMAS SUN THEN RECURVE N-NW THEN N ACROSS THE SW N ATLC JUST E
OF THE BAHAMAS SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON AND EXIT OFF TO THE N-NE
TUE.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING E 5 TO 10 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SAT NIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.SUN NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING S 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. 
.MON...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. 
.MON NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...BUILDING TO
3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.TUE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.