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AGXX40 KNHC 171700
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 PM EDT MON APR 17 2006

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

UPPER LEVEL...
WEAK TROUGH IS OVER THE ATLANTIC AREA AND A RIDGE IS OVER THE 
GULF OF MEXICO.  BOTH OF THESE SYSTEMS WILL REMAIN STATIONARY 
AND SLOWLY INTENSIFY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY.  THEN...LATER ON 
THURSDAY...THE TROUGH AND RIDGE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO MOVE EAST 
AND WEAKEN SLIGHTLY.  BY SATURDAY THE TROUGH WILL BE EAST OF 65W 
AND THE RIDGE WILL BE OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE ATLANTIC AREA 
AND FLORIDA.  ZONAL FLOW WILL BE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO.  

SURFACE...
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OVER THE ATLANTIC AREA BEGINNING 
EARLY TUESDAY.  THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO NEAR 31N57W TO EASTERN 
CUBA EARLY WEDNESDAY.  FRONT WILL SLOW REACHING FROM 31N54W TO 
HISPANIOLA EARLY THURSDAY THEN MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY EARLY 
FRIDAY.  RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN PART 
OF THE ATLANTIC AREA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

EASTERLY TRADES IN THE CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLANTIC WILL BE 
WEAKER THAN NORMAL TROUGH PERIOD.
       
WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER LL