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AGXX40 KNHC 021714
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
130 PM EDT TUE MAY 02 2006

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

UPPER LEVELS...
WITH THE LIFTING NE OF CYCLONIC VORTEX AND ATTENDANT UPPER LEVEL 
TROUGH...CONDITIONS BECOME MORE TAME AND WITH LITTLE SIGNIFICANT 
CHANGE WITHIN FORECAST AND OUTLOOK PERIODS.  ANTICYCLONIC FLOW 
DOMINATES REGION FROM WRN GULF OF MEXICO TO TROPICAL ATLC.  FLOW 
BECOMES QUASI-ZONAL WITH ONLY SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE AVAILABILITY 
ADVECTING FROM E PAC ACROSS BAY OF CAMPECHE INTO SRN GULF OF 
MEXICO.  WEAK 70 KT JET STREAM FROM CENTRAL GULF ACROSS SRN 
FLORIDA INTO SW N ATLC ENHANCING LITTLE ACTION ON ITS PATH.  

MOST SW N ATLC AND ENTIRE CARIBBEAN REMAIN UNDER MODERATE TO 
STRONG SUBSIDENCE ALOFT PRODUCING VERY DRY AIR MASS.  
SUBTROPICAL JET STREAM ADVECTING SOME MOISTURE ACROSS SRN 
TROPICAL ATLC S OF 15N.

WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH CROSSING TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON FIND 
LITTLE HELP TO DETERIORATE WEATHER IN NW GULF OF MEXICO. 

AT THE SURFACE...
REMNANTS OF COLD FRONT JUST N OF PUERTO RICO CONTINUES TO WEAKEN 
AND ALONG WITH IT SURFACE WINDS ABATE.  N SWELL CONTINUE 
SPREADING S ACROSS ENTIRE SW NA TLC BUT HAS STARTED DEMINISHING 
AND SHOULD BE BELOW 8 FT WITHIN NEXT 24 HRS.  OTHERWISE LIGHT 
WINDS PREVAIL N OF TROPICAL AREAS AND NEAR NORMAL TRADES PREVAIL 
IN ACROSS TROPICAL SEAS.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.  

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER WALLY BARNES