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FZNT25 KNHC 021525
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1125 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...A WEAKENING FRONTAL TROUGH OVER THE SE AND S CENTRAL
GULF WATERS WILL DRIFT W AND GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH SUN. A
WEAK COLD FRONT ACROSS THE TEXAS AND WESTERN LOUISIANA COASTAL
WATERS WILL STALL THROUGH SUN BEFORE DISSIPATING. AN E TO W
RIDGE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF EARLY NEXT WEEK. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT...SUBSIDING
TO 1 FT OR LESS IN THE AFTERNOON. 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...SHIFTING TO 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...SHIFTING TO 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...SHIFTING TO E AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 1 FT OR LESS.
.WED...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.

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 THE EASTERN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC THIS EVENING AND THEN OVER
THE TURKS AND CAICOS AND EXTREME SE BAHAMAS LATE TONIGHT INTO
EARLY SUN THEN TURNING N AND PASSING E OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN
BAHAMAS SUN NIGHT THROUGH MON STRENGTHENING TO A HURRICANE MON
MORNING...THEN TURNING N-NE AND PASSING BEYOND 31N72W BY TUE
MORNING.

.THIS AFTERNOON...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...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15
KT IN THE AFTERNOON. N OF 27N...S 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...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.MON...S WINDS 15 TO 20 KT S OF 27N...AND S 10 TO 15 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 2 TO 4 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.