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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
549 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...VERY WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN PREVAILS ACROSS THE GULF
THIS MORNING. LOW LEVEL TROUGHS IN THE CENTRAL AND SE GULF
WATERS WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH THIS EVENING. AN E TO W
RIDGE WILL DEVELOP FROM SE GULF W-NW ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF BY
MID WEEK. 

.TODAY...SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 1 FT OR LESS. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...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...W 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 FT OR LESS... BUILDING TO
1 TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.THU...NE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. 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 26.1N 73.6W 999 MB AT 5 AM
EDT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 60 KT WITH GUSTS TO 75 KT MOVING N
OR 350 DEG AT 14 KT. BERTHA IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE N AND
GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN TO MINIMAL HURRICANE WITH WINDS 65 KT GUSTS
80 KT NEAR 31.9N 72.0W AT 2 AM TUE...AS IT MOVES N-NE AND EXITS
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.

.TODAY...S OF 27N...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...SE WINDS
15 TO 20 KT...BECOMING S 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 3 TO
5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TUE NIGHT...S WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT...SUBSIDING TO
2 TO 4 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.WED...S OF 27N...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. N OF 27N...W WINDS 10 TO
15 KT...DIMINISHING TO 5 TO 10 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO
3 FT. 
.WED NIGHT...SE 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...SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT S OF 27N...AND S 5 TO 10 KT N OF 27N.
SEAS 2 TO 3 FT.