625  
FZNT25 KNHC 220926  
OFFN04  
 
NAVTEX MARINE FORECAST  
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI, FL  
526 AM EDT WED JUL 22 2026  
 
...PLEASE REFER TO COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS (CWF) AVAILABLE  
THROUGH NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR DETAILED  
COASTAL WATERS FORECASTS...  
 
SOUTHEAST GULF OF AMERICA  
   
SYNOPSIS
 
TROPICAL STORM BERTHA IS NEAR 29.4N 88.3W, OR ABOUT  
45 NM ENE OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT 5 AM EDT, AND  
IS MOVING WEST AT 4 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE 45 KT WITH  
GUSTS TO 55 KT, AND THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 998 MB. BERTHA  
WILL MOVE NEAR OR ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST DURING THE NEXT  
COUPLE OF DAYS. BERTHA IS FORECAST TO WEAKEN TO A REMNANT LOW  
INLAND NE TEXAS THU NIGHT AND DISSIPATE FRI AFTERNOON. IN THE  
WAKE OF BERTHA, HIGH PRESSURE WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED OVER THE NE  
GULF PROVIDING FOR LIGHT TO GENTLE WINDS OVER THE FORECAST WATERS  
THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.  
   
TODAY
 
SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT. ISOLATED  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.    
TONIGHT
 
E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 5 FT IN NW SWELL. ISOLATED  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.    
THU
 
E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS.    
THU NIGHT
 
NE TO E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. ISOLATED  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.    
FRI
 
E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.    
FRI NIGHT
 
E WINDS 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.    
SAT
 
SE WINDS 10 KT IN THE MORNING, BECOMING VARIABLE LESS THAN  
5 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.    
SAT NIGHT
 
E TO SE WINDS 10 KT S OF 24N, AND VARIABLE LESS THAN  
5 KT N OF 24N. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.    
SUN
 
VARIABLE WINDS LESS THAN 5 KT, BECOMING N 10 KT IN THE  
AFTERNOON. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.   
SUN NIGHT
 
N WINDS 10 KT IN THE EVENING, BECOMING VARIABLE  
LESS THAN 5 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT.  
 
WITHIN 200 NM EAST OF THE COAST OF FLORIDA  
   
SYNOPSIS
 
A SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDING FROM NEAR 29N65W TO  
25N66W AND TO THE MONA PASSAGE WILL CONTINUE WESTWARD REACHING  
NEAR 72W BY EARLY THIS EVENING, THEN TO THE BAHAMAS THU AFTERNOON  
AND TO CENTRAL AND SOUTH FLORIDA FRI. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE TROUGH. MODERATE TO FRESH WINDS  
AND MODERATE SEAS ARE EXPECTED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE TROUGH AXIS.  
FRESH TO LOCALLY STRONG TRADE WINDS ARE EXPECTED OFFSHORE  
HISPANIOLA, INCLUDING APPROACHES TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE THROUGH  
THE FORECAST PERIOD. MODERATE OR WEAKER WINDS ALONG WITH MODERATE  
SEAS ARE FORECAST ELSEWHERE E OF THE BAHAMAS THROUGH FRI, EXCEPT S  
OF 23N E OF ABOUT 76W WHERE PULSES OF FRESH TRADES ARE EXPECTED  
THROUGH LATE SAT. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE WATERS EAST OF  
NORTHERN FLORIDA SAT NIGHT, AND PERHAPS MOVE ACROSS THE WATERS  
NORTH OF 29N WEST OF 70W THROUGH SUN NIGHT PRECEDED BY MOSTLY  
MODERATE TO FRESH SOUTHWEST TO WINDS.  
   
TODAY
 
SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.    
TONIGHT
 
E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.   
THU
 
E WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 2 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND  
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.   
THU NIGHT
 
E WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT. SCATTERED  
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.    
FRI
 
E TO SE WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.    
FRI NIGHT
 
SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.    
SAT
 
SE TO S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.    
SAT NIGHT
 
S WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.    
SUN
 
S TO SW WINDS 5 TO 10 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.    
SUN NIGHT
 
SW WINDS 10 TO 15 KT. SEAS 3 TO 4 FT.  
 
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