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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1105 AM EDT MON AUG 4 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 VERY WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN CONTINUES ACROSS THE
GULF. LOW LEVEL TROUGHS IN THE CENTRAL AND SE GULF WATERS WILL
GRADUALLY DISSIPATE TODAY. A RIDGE WILL DEVELOP FROM THE SE GULF
ACROSS TO THE CENTRAL GULF BY MID WEEK. 

.THIS AFTERNOON...W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.TONIGHT...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED
SHOWERS. 
.TUE...SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. 
.TUE NIGHT...S WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS.
.WED THROUGH FRI...NE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 1 TO 2 FT.  

WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA

.SYNOPSIS...HURRICANE BERTHA AT 27.6N 73.6W 998 MB AT 11 AM EDT 
MOVING N OR 360 DEG AT 15 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 70 KT WITH 
GUSTS TO 85 KT. BERTHA WILL MOVE NORTHWARD AND EXIT THE AREA 
TUE. ATLC RIDGE WILL BUILD FROM CENTRAL ATLC SW THROUGH CENTRAL 
BAHAMAS TONIGHT THROUGH TUE AS BERTHA EXITS AREA...THEN SHIFT 
SLOWLY N TO ALONG 26-27N THROUGH REST OF WEEK.

.THIS AFTERNOON...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS.
.TONIGHT...S OF 27N...S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. N OF 27N...SW WINDS 10
TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS.
.TUE AND TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS. 
.WED THROUGH FRI...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.