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AGXX40 KNHC 211730
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
130 PM MON AUG 21 2006

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

WEAK RIDGE CONTINUES OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WITH LIGHT 
WINDS AND SMOOTH SEAS ACROSS THE REGION. THE WINDS WILL PICK UP 
SOME OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL GULF LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TUE AS A 
TROPICAL WAVE PASS JUST TO THE S OF THE AREA...THEN INTO THE BAY 
OF CAMPECHE LATE TONIGHT AND WED. OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS WILL 
CONTINUE THROUGH SAT.

ATLC RIDGE ALONG 29N/30N THROUGH SAT. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL 
BE THE ELY TRADES AROUND 15 KT S OF 23N...THEN INCREASE TO 20 KT 
BY THU AS A TROPICAL WAVE APPROACHES THE AREA. THE STRONGER 
WINDS SHIFT WWD FRI AND SAT AND SPREAD N TO 25N AS THE TROPICAL 
WAVE MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.  

TRADES IN THE 20 TO 25 KT RANGE CONTINUE IN THE S CENTRAL 
CARIBBEAN. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TUE NIGHT THEN 
DECREASE BY WED. TROPICAL WAVE WILL APPROACH THE TROPICAL ATLC 
ZONE TUE AND MOVE INTO THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN WED. WINDS INCREASE 
TO 20 TO 25 KT E OF THE WAVE AXIS TUE THROUGH WED NIGHT THEN 
DECREASE TO 15 TO 20 KT AS THE WAVE MOVES W AND WEAKENS.

.WARNINGS...
ATLC...NONE.

CARIBBEAN...NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...NONE.

FORECASTER DGS