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AGXX40 KNHC 040624
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
125 AM EST MON FEB 4 2008
 
MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

UPPER LEVELS...
HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE BAHAMAS COVERS THE ENTIRE AREA.
STRONG SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE U.S. AND WILL PASS BY THE 
NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY BRINGING 
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE EXTREME 
NORTHWEST PART OF THE ATLANTIC AREA. AT THE SAME TIME THE HIGH 
WILL WEAKEN TO A RIDGE OVER THE AREA SOUTHEAST OF THIS FLOW.  
ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL PASS OFF THE TEXAS COAST THURSDAY AND 
MOVE ACROSS THE GULF REACHING FLORIDA FRIDAY. BY THE END OF 
FRIDAY BROAD WESTERLY FLOW WILL BE NORTH OF 25N WITH BROAD RIDGE 
SOUTH OF 25N.

SURFACE...
STRONG RIDGE ALONG 30N WILL WEAKEN OVER THE GULF TUESDAY NIGHT 
AS COLD FRONT MOVES OFF TEXAS COAST. COLD FRONT WILL REACH FROM 
THE GEORGIA COAST TO BAY OF CAMPECHE LATE WEDNESDAY THEN WEAKEN 
OVER THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE ATLANTIC AREA AND THE EASTERN 
GULF OF MEXICO THURSDAY. A WEAK PRESSURE PATTERN WILL BE OVER 
THE AREA FRIDAY.

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLANTIC TRADES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL 
THROUGH THE PERIOD.

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER LL