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AGXX40 KNHC 231751
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EDT FRI MAY 23 2008

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

OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO MODERATE S TO SE WINDS COVER MOST OF THE 
AREA WITH SEVERAL BUOYS REPORTING WINDS IN THE 15 TO 20 KNOT 
RANGE AND SEAS AS HIGH AS EIGHT FEET. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY 
DECREASE OVERNIGHT AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL BE FIVE TO 10 
KNOTS LOWER. VISIBLE IMAGERY INDICATES HAZE AND SMOKE COVERS THE 
WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE GULF. THROUGH WEDNESDAY EASTERLY LIGHT 
TO OCCASIONAL MODERATE WINDS WILL COVER THE GULF. SOUTHEAST 
WINDS FROM 20 TO 25 KNOTS ARE LOCATED OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN THIS 
AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH TUESDAY AND 
WILL BECOME MORE EASTERLY. OTHERWISE TYPICAL TRADE WINDS COVER 
THE CARIBBEAN. AN ATLANTIC RIDGE ROUGHLY ALONG 25N/26N WILL 
SHIFT EASTWARD AS A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE GEORGIA AND 
FLORIDA PANHANDLE COASTLINES. THE GFS IS FORECASTING A LOW TO 
FORM ON THE FRONT ALONG 31N. BY LATE SATURDAY THE FRONT WILL 
MOVE FROM A 1008 MB LOW NEAR 30N70W THROUGH THE N BAHAMAS WITH 
2O TO 25 KNOT WINDS N OF THE FRONT AND SW 20 KNOT WINDS S OF IT. 
THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE RAPIDLY TO THE E WITH THE LOW 
MOVING N OF THE DISCUSSION AREA. WINDS WILL REACH AS HIGH AS 25 
KNOTS N OF ABOUT 28N.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

.FORECASTER CAB. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.