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AGXX40 KNHC 200504
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
104 AM EDT FRI JUN 20 2008

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

UPPER LEVELS...
LONGWAVE TROUGH OVER THE UNITED STATES EAST COAST EXTENDS TO 
OVER FLORIDA WITH A BROAD TROUGH OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO FROM 
FLORIDA TO THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC. ELSEWHERE RIDGE IS OVER 
TEXAS AND MEXICO AND OVER THE CARIBBEAN AND THE SOUTHEAST HALF 
OF THE ATLANTIC AREA WITH AN AXIS ALONG 20N EAST OF 85W. THE 
TROUGH WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND LIFT NORTH WITH THE RIDGE ALSO 
MOVING NORTH. BY TUESDAY THE TROUGH WILL BE NORTH OF 30N BUT 
STILL ALONG THE EAST UNITED STATES COAST WITH A RIDGE ALONG 25N. 
THE TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST SLIGHTLY TUESDAY WITH AN AXIS ALONG 
75W LATE TUESDAY.

SURFACE...
WEAK RIDGE EAST OF 72W WITH AN AXIS ALONG 27N. A WEAK PRESSURE 
PATTERN IS WEST OF 72W. THE RIDGE WILL BUILD SLOWLY THROUGH 
TUESDAY WITH AN AXIS ALONG 29N ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. THE RIDGE 
WILL BE STRONGEST EAST OF 70W.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

.FORECASTER LL. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.