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AGXX40 KNHC 031704
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
130 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007

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

UPPER LEVELS...
BROAD MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WITH AXIS ALONG 82W CONTROLS 
ANTICYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER ENTIRE SW N ATLC...GULF OF MEXICO 
AND CARIBBEAN BASINS THROUGH FRI. LARGE AMPLITUDE LONGWAVE 
TROUGH OVER WRN TEXAS DIGS S WITH EXPECTED FRONTOGENESIS OVER 
CENTRAL TEXAS.  A 95 KT JET CORE E OF TROUGH BROUGHT AMPLE 
MOISTURE INTO GULF OF MEXICO...OTHERWISE REMAINMDER BASINS 
REMAIN DRY UNDER RIDGE.  RIDGE SHOULD BUDGE AS TROUGH FORCES ITS 
WAY NE AND FLATTENING RIDGE CREST BUT KEEPING DEVELOPING COLD 
FRONT FROM ENCROACHING S OF 25N.

SURFACE...
HIGH PRES RIDGE CENTERED AT 28N70W DRIFTING S FORECAST TO WEAKEN 
AS COLD FRONT MOVES OFF TEXAS COAST WED INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA 
THEN WEAKEN AND BECOME DIFFUSE FRI.  COLD FRONT SWEEPS GULF OF 
MEXICO WATERS N OF 25N INCREASING WIND AND SEAS MOMENTARILY AS 
IT MOVES E.

TRADE WINDS IN CARIBBEAN WEAKEN WED AND REMAIN LESS THAN NORMAL 
THROUGH SAT.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER WALLY BARNES