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AGXX40 KNHC 231703
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2008

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
WEAK SFC TROUGH ENTERING THE NW GULF IS THE ONLY FEATURE 
INTERRUPTING BROAD RIDGING IN THE AREA. SFC TROUGH SHOULD SWEEP
ACROSS THE FAR N PORTIONS OF THE GULF TONIGHT WITH LITTLE IMPACT 
ON THE WIND FIELD. RIDGE LIFTS SLOWLY NWD TO ALONG 29N/30N BY WED
NIGHT. THIS ALLOWS E TO SE WINDS TO SPREAD OVER MOST OF THE GULF 
WITH SPEEDS GENERALLY 10-15 KT...EXCEPT TO 20 KT IN THE STRAITS 
OF FLORIDA. EXTENDED...RIDGE LIFTS N OF AREA ALONG 30N/31N THU
AS LARGE AMPLITUDE TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 60W SLIDES ACROSS THE SRN 
GULF WITH E TO SE WINDS OF 10-15 KT...LOCALLY 20 KT OVER MOST OF 
THE GULF. LITTLE CHANGE IN OVERALL PATTERN FRI AND SAT WITH THE 
RIDGE AXIS SLIPPING A BIT TO ALONG 29N BY LATE SAT.   

SW N ATLC...
RIDGE ALONG 25N DOMINATES THE SW N ATLC THIS AFTERNOON. RIDGE 
LIFTS NWD TO ALONG 28N BY LATE TUE AND ALONG 30N BY WED NIGHT.
LARGE AMPLITUDE TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY ALONG 60W WILL MOVE WWD
ON AVERAGE 20 KT. INTERACTION OF RIDGE AND PASSING WAVE ALLOWS 
ELY TRADES TO INCREASE TO 20-25 KT OVER THE SE PORTIONS OF THE 
AREA TONIGHT AND SPREAD WWD S OF 25N TUE AND WED. EXTENDED...
RIDGE REMAINS ALONG 30N THU AND WAVE PASSES SW OF THE AREA WITH 
ELY TRADES SLOWLY DIMINISHING BUT REMAINING ABOUT 20 KT FROM THE 
CENTRAL BAHAMAS WWD THU THROUGH SAT.   

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC... 
1110 UTC QUIKSCAT INDICATED MODERATE TO FRESH ELY TRADES...20-25 
KT ACROSS THE TROPICAL N ATLC AND CARIBBEAN. THE STRONGEST WINDS
ARE OCCURRING E OF A LARGE AMPLITUDE TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY 
ALONG 60W. THIS WAVE WILL MOVE WWD TO THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN BY 
TUE NIGHT AND THE W CARIBBEAN WED NIGHT THROUGH FRI AND USHERS 
IN ELY SURGE IN THE TRADES IN ITS WAKE WITH BROAD AREA OF
20-25 KT WINDS CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC E OF 80W BY LATE 
TUE AND THE CARIBBEAN E OF 82W BY LATE WED WITH WINDS BEGINNING 
TO SUBSIDE OVER THE TROPICAL N ATLC. SEAS BUILD 9 TO 14 FT OVER 
THE CARIBBEAN BY LATE WED. EXTENDED...TROPICAL WAVE MOVES W OF 
THE AREA BY LATE FRI WITH THE ELY SURGE REMAINING IN THE 
W-CENTRAL CARIBBEAN THU THROUGH SAT. WINDS DECREASE SLIGHTLY BY 
LATE SAT. 

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

.FORECASTER COBB. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.