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AGXX40 KNHC 280503
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EDT FRI MAR 28 2008

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

UPPER LEVELS...
RIDGE ACROSS THE AREA IN THE SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN WITH WEAK 
WESTERLIES NORTH OF THE RIDGE TO 30N WITH STRONGER WESTERLIES 
NORTH OF 30N. THIS PATTERN WILL NOT CHANGE MUCH THROUGH 
SATURDAY. ON SUNDAY THE RIDGE BEGINS TO WEAKEN OVER THE EASTERN 
HALF OF THE AREA AS VERY BROAD UPPER CYCLONIC CIRCULATION BEGINS 
TO DEVELOP OVER THE ATLANTIC AND GREATER ANTILLES WITH A WEAK 
CONTOUR PATTERN OVER THE AREA TUESDAY.

SURFACE...
RIDGE ALONG 30N WILL WEAKEN SOME THROUGH SATURDAY THEN STRONGER 
RIDGE WILL BUILD NORTH OF THE ATLANTIC AREA SUNDAY THROUGH 
TUESDAY WITH STRONG EASTERLY FLOW IN THE ATLANTIC AREA DURING 
THIS PERIOD. RIDGE WILL WEAKEN OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO TUESDAY.

TRADE WINDS WILL BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY LESS THAN NORMAL.

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER LL