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AGXX40 KNHC 050600
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
200 AM EDT WED APR 05 2006

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

UPPER LEVELS...
TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE ATLANTIC AREA EXTENDS SOUTH 
OVER THE GREATER ANTILLES AND THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN.  TROUGH IS 
FORECAST TO MOVE EAST NORTHEAST AND EXIT THE CARIBBEAN AREA BY 
EARLY FRIDAY AND PASS EAST OF 60W DURING FRIDAY.  STRONG 
SHORTWAVE WILL APPROACH THE NORTHWEST GULF LATE FRIDAY AND 
WEAKEN AS IT PASSES NORTH OF THE AREA SATURDAY WITH A WEAK 
TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN GULF BY SUNDAY.  OTHERWISE RIDGE IS OVER 
THE AREA.

SURFACE...
WINDS IN THE SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN WILL DECREASE TODAY TO LESS THAN 
20 KNOTS.  SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WILL BEGIN 
TODAY OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO.  THIS RETURN FLOW WILL 
SPREAD EAST REACHING TO WEST OF 90W BY LATE TONIGHT.  WINDS OF 
20 KNOTS WILL RETURN TO THE SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN DURING THURSDAY.  
BY LATE SATURDAY MODERATE RETURN FLOW WILL BE OVER THE ENTIRE 
GULF OF MEXICO AND ALSO BEGIN OVER THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE 
ATLANTIC AREA.  COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONG SHORTWAVE 
WILL MOVE OFF THE UPPER TEXAS COAST LATE FRIDAY OR EARLY 
SATURDAY WITH NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 KNOTS BEHIND THE FRONT.  THE 
FRONT WILL MOVE TO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO BAY OF CAMPECHE 
SATURDAY NIGHT AND WEAKEN.  BY LATE SUNDAY A WEAK FRONT WILL 
EXTEND FROM THROUGH 31N70W TO ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA TO THE 
YUCATAN PENINSULA.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER LL