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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
546 AM EDT SAT AUG 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...WEAKENING FRONTAL TROUGH OVER THE SE AND S CENTRAL
GULF WATERS WILL DRIFT SE AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH SUN. A
SECOND FRONTAL TROUGH HAS MOVED OFFSHORE THE TEXAS AND SW
LOUISIANA COASTS AND WILL MEANDER 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. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.SUN...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING  SE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.MON...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.MON NIGHT...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING S AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
1 FT OR LESS. 
.TUE...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.TUE NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING  E AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.WED...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS... BUILDING TO 1 TO
2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...A RIDGE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN WATERS
THROUGH THE WEEKEND. TROPICAL STORM BERTHA IS EXPECTED TO MOVE 
NW ACROSS THROUGH THE MONA PASSAGE AND NE HISPANIOLA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THEN TURN MORE NW ACROSS THE TURKS AND
CAICOS AND EXTREME SE BAHAMAS TONIGHT...THEN CONTINUE TOWARD THE
N AND PASSING JUST E OF THE BAHAMIAN ISLAND CHAIN SUN AND
MON...THEN TURNING N-NE AND PASSING BEYOND 31N73W ON TUE.

.TODAY...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S 10 TO 15 KT
IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 2 TO
4 FT...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT... DIMINISHING TO
5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. N OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS
2 TO 3 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT S OF 27N...AND S 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...S WINDS
10 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW 5 TO 10 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. 
.TUE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 3 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT.