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AGXX40 KNHC 220456
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 AM FRI SEP 22 2006

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

HIGH PRES IS BUILDING ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO WITH STRONG 
RETURN SLY FLOW ON W SIDE OF THE RIDGE WILL PRODUCE 20 TO 25 KT 
WINDS OVER THE WESTERN GULF TODAY THROUGH SAT. A COLD FRONT 
WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST LATE SUN...AND EXTEND FROM THE 
FLORIDA BIG BEND TO THE MEXICAN COAST NEAR 22N97W EARLY MON AND 
FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO BAY OF CAMPECHE TUE. NE WINDS INCREASE 
TO 20 KT BEHIND THE FRONT ON MON THEN DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 KT 
TUE.

HURRICANE HELENE CENTERED WELL E OF THE AREA WILL PRODUCE SOME 
LARGE SWELLS ACROSS THE E PORTION OF THE AREA TODAY THEN SUBSIDE 
LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SAT AS THE STORM STARTS MOVING FURTHER 
TO THE E. A DISSIPATING COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 29N67W TO S 
FLORIDA WILL BECOME DIFFUSE W OF 65W THIS AFTERNOON. WEAK RIDGE 
WILL BUILD ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SUN THEN MOVE E AS THE NEXT 
COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE GEORGIA COAST EARLY MON THEN WEAKENS 
OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA TUE.

TRADES ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN SHOULD INCREASE AS HIGH PRES BUILDS
N OF THE AREA. QUIKSCAT FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING INDICATED AN 
AREA OF 20 KT WINDS OFF THE VENEZUELA COAST. AND AS IS TYPICAL 
THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE NEAR THE COASTS OF VENEZUELA AND 
COLOMBIA. THE ATLC RIDGE MOVES E SUN AND MON WITH TRADES ONCE 
AGAIN DECREASING...HOWEVER A TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE INTO THE E 
CARIBBEAN SUN AND INTO THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN MON AND TUE WITH SE 
WINDS 15 TO 20 KT E OF THE WAVE.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE. 

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS