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FZNT25 KNHC 031440
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1040 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 STATIONARY FRONT WILL LINGER ACROSS THE NW GULF
WHILE GRADUALLY DISSIPATING THROUGH TONIGHT. A TROUGH IN THE
CENTRAL GULF WILL DRIFT W WHILE BECOMING DIFFUSE THROUGH TONIGHT. 
A WEAK 1016 MB HIGH CENTER NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER WILL MEANDER ACROSS THE N CENTRAL WATERS THROUGH MON. AN E
TO W RIDGE WILL DEVELOP FROM THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA W-NW ACROSS
THE CENTRAL GULF TUE SLOWLY SHIFTING N TO 26N THROUGH THU.

.THIS AFTERNOON...VARIABLE WINDS 5 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...N WINDS 5 KT...SHIFTING TO E AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 2 FT OR LESS. ISOLATED TSTMS.
.MON...W WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.MON NIGHT...W WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT...SHIFTING TO S AFTER 
MIDNIGHT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS.
.TUE...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.
.TUE NIGHT...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.
.WED...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 FT OR LESS.
.WED NIGHT...N WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM BERTHA LOCATED NEAR THE TURKS AND
CAICOS ISLANDS NEAR 22.2N 72.6W 1012 MB AT 11 AM EDT. MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT WITH GUSTS TO 50 KT MOVING NW OR 320 DEG AT
18 KT. BERTHA IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN WHILE MOVING TO
24.3N 73.7W TONIGHT...27.4N 74.3W MON MORNING...30.7N 73.6W MON
NIGHT...THEN N OF THE AREA TO 33.7N 71.7W TUE MORNING. RIDGING
WILL BUILD W ACROSS THE BAHAMAS AFTER THE EXIT OF BERTHA AND
ESTABLISH NEARLY E TO W ALONG 26-27N THROUGH THU.

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