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AGXX40 KNHC 221728
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
130 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2008

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

TROPICAL STORM DOLLY IN SW GULF OF MEXICO AT 24.0N 94.5W AT 10 
AM CDT MOVING NW FORECAST TO BECOME HURRICANE EARLY TONIGHT 
WHILE APPROACHING TEXAS/MEXICO BORDER.  LANDFALL EXPECTED MID 
MORNING WED.  ALL WARNINGS FOR MID GULF HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED 
...BUT HURRICANE WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SW AND NW GULF ZONES 
...ALL WARNINGS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITH LATEST NHC ADVISORY.  
ELSEWHERE WINDS OVER CENTRAL AND ERN GULF WILL BE SE LIGHT TO 
MODERATE.

CENTRAL ATLC RIDGE EXTENDS ACROSS SW N ATLC THROUGH ENTIRE 
FORECAST PERIOD KEEPING LIGHT TO MODERATE E TO SE WINDS AND 
SLIGHT SEAS.  WEAKENING TROUGH APPROACHING GEORGIA COAST SHOULD 
SHIFT WIND SW OVER FAR NW PORTION OF AREA WED BUT BARELY 
INCREASE SPEEDS OR SEAS THROUGH THU.

MODERATE TO STRONG TRADE WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS S CENTRAL 
CARIBBEAN THROUGH THU AS TRPCL WAVE NOW ALONG 75W CRUISES 
THROUGH WRN HALF OF BASIN.  WEAK LOW PRES 1010 MB NEAT PANAMA 
LEFT IN WAKE OF TRPCL WAVE SHOULD KEEP PRES GRADIENT TIGHT 
THROUGH LATE SAT THEN EASE WITH TRADES DIMINISHING SUN.

WARNINGS...
SUBJECT TO CHANGE BASED ON THE LATEST NHC ADVISORY.

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
HURCN WARNING FROM 21N TO 26N W OF 91W...GMZ080 AND GMZ082. 

.FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.