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FZNT26 KNHC 020953
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NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
553 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014

...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...

.SYNOPSIS...TROPICAL STORM BERTHA LOCATED AROUND 120 NM MILES
SOUTHEAST OF PONCE AT 0900 UTC...NEAR 16.3 DEGREES NORTH 64.9 WEST
MOVING WEST NORTHWEST NEAR 20 KNOTS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE LOCAL CARIBBEAN WATERS DURING THE MORNING
AND INTO THE MONA PASSAGE BY AFTERNOON...AS BERTHA MOVES ACROSS SW
PUERTO RICO AND THE MONA PASSAGE AND ACROSS THE EAST COAST OF
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC LATE THIS AFTERNOON. DETERIORATING MARINE
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED BOTH ACROSS THE ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN
WATERS WITH VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS IN SQUALLS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
IMPROVED MARINE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY.

SAN JUAN ATLANTIC WATERS

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.TODAY...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. E WINDS 20 TO
25 KT...INCREASING TO 35 TO 40 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO
7 FT...BUILDING TO 6 TO 8 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. SE WINDS 40 TO
45 KT. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. SE WINDS 30 TO 35 KT...
DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE AFTERNOON. SEAS 7 TO 10 FT...
SUBSIDING TO 5 TO 7 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...BUILDING TO
5 TO 7 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT...DIMINISHING TO 10 TO 15 KT IN THE
AFTERNOON. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT...SUBSIDING TO 4 TO 6 FT IN THE
AFTERNOON.  

SAN JUAN CARIBBEAN WATERS

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING...

.TODAY...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. E WINDS 40 TO 45 KT. SEAS
6 TO 9 FT. SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.TONIGHT...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED. SE WINDS 40 TO
45 KT...DIMINISHING TO 15 TO 20 KT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEAS 6 TO
9 FT...SUBSIDING TO 6 TO 8 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
ISOLATED TSTMS. 
.SUN NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.MON...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.MON NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 5 TO 7 FT. 
.TUE NIGHT...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT. 
.WED...E WINDS 15 TO 20 KT. SEAS 4 TO 6 FT...SUBSIDING TO 3 TO
5 FT IN THE AFTERNOON.