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FZNT25 KNHC 030949
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
549 AM EDT SUN AUG 3 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 WEAK COLD FRONT HAS STALLED ACROSS THE NW GULF AND
WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH THIS EVENING. WEAK 1016 MB HIGH
CENTERED NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WILL MEANDER
ACROSS N CENTRAL PORTIONS THROUGH MON. AN E TO W RIDGE WILL
DEVELOP FROM THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA W-NW ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF
TUE THEN SLOWLY SHIFT N TO 26N THROUGH THU. 

.TODAY...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING  E AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS
1 FT OR LESS. 
.MON...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.MON NIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. 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  SE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.WED...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM BERTHA LOCATED OFFSHORE OF THE NE
COAST OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC NEAR 20.9N 71.1W 1012 MB AT 5 AM EDT
WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS OF 40 KT GUSTS TO 50 KT. BERTHA
EXPECTED TO MOVE NW OR 320 DEG TO NEAR 22.8N 72.7W AT 2 PM EDT
TODAY...NEAR 25.6N 74.0W AT 2 AM MON...THEN CONTINUE N TO N-NE
AND EXIT THE AREA EARLY TUE. ATLC HIGH PRES RIDGE TO BUILD W
ACROSS THE BAHAMAS AFTER THE EXIT OF BERTHA AND ESTABLISH NEARLY
E TO W ALONG 26-27N THROUGH THU.

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