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FZNT25 KNHC 040337
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1137 PM 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 FRONTAL TROUGH WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE
OVER THE NW GULF TONIGHT. LOW LEVEL TROUGHS IN THE CENTRAL AND
SE GULF WATERS WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE TONIGHT AND MON. AN E TO
W RIDGE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF BY MID WEEK. 

.OVERNIGHT...NW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING  E AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.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... BUILDING TO 1 TO
2 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. 
.WED NIGHT...NE 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. 
.THU NIGHT...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT. 
.FRI...E 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 AT 24.9N 73.2W 1007 MB AT 11 
PM EDT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 55 KT WITH GUSTS TO 65 KT MOVING 
N NW OR 335 DEG AT 15 KT. BERTHA IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY 
STRENGTHEN TO 60 KT GUSTS 75 KT NEAR 27.3N 73.7W AT 8 AM EDT 
MON...BECOME A MINIMAL HURRICANE WITH 65 KT GUSTS TO 80 KT NEAR
30.8N 73.4W AT 8 PM MON...AND MOVE N OF AREA NEAR 34.1N 72.0W AT 
8 AM EDT TUE WITH ASSOCIATED CONDITIONS SHIFTING N OF AREA LATE
TUE MORNING.

.OVERNIGHT...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 2 TO
4 FT. SCATTERED TSTMS. 
.MON...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS 15 TO
20 KT...BECOMING  W IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...BUILDING
TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
TSTMS. 
.MON NIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...W WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING SW 10 TO 15 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 4 TO
6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 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 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 5 TO 10 KT N
OF 27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND SW 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.THU NIGHT...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 5 TO 10 KT N OF
27N. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT. 
.FRI...E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.