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AGXX40 KNHC 081755
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 PM EST TUE JAN 8 2008
 
MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

UPPER LEVELS...
LONG WAVE TROUGH OVER THE ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN EAST OF 70W AND 
UPPER RIDGE WEST OF 70W. TROUGH WILL REMAIN IN PLACE AND INTENSIFY 
SLIGHTLY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE TROUGH THEN WEAKENS SATURDAY AND MOVES
EAST. THE RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AS WESTERLY WINDS SLOWLY EXTEND
SOUTHWARD. BY SATURDAY WEST TO SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL EXTEND SOUTH 
TO ABOUT 20N WEST OF 75W.

SURFACE...
PERSISTENT RIDGE JUST NORTH OF THE AREA WILL WEAKEN THROUGH THURSDAY.
TROUGH WILL DEVELOP IN THE ATLANTIC JUST EAST OF THE AREA BEGINNING 
WEDNESDAY AND DRIFT WEST TO 55W THURSDAY AND 60W FRIDAY THEN WEAKEN 
SATURDAY. COLD FRONT MOVES OFF TEXAS COAST THIS EVENING AND WEAKENS 
OVER THE NORTHERN GULF WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE 
OFF TEXAS COAST THURSDAY AND BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS THE GULF FROM 
THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO NORTHEAST MEXICO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. HIGH 
PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL PUSH THE FRONT SOUTH 
SUNDAY WITH WINDS INCREASING TO 25 KT IN COLD AIR BEHIND THE FRONT.


WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
GALE WARNING...

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER MUNDELL