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AGXX40 KNHC 291703
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2008

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

WEAK TROUGH OVER THE N CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO FROM MOBILE 
ALABAMA TO 26N91W WILL DISSIPATE THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE HIGH 
PRES RIDGE ACROSS THE GULF ALONG 25N/26N THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
SE WINDS BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 15-20 KT OVER THE SW GULF WED AND 
THU. WINDS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE GULF WILL BE 15 OR LESS 
THROUGH SUN.

ATLC RIDGE ALONG 26N THROUGH THU THEN WEAKENS AND SHIFTS E AS A
TROUGH APPROACHES THE SE U.S. COAST ON FRI. THE COMBINATION OF 
THE RIDGE AND THE TROUGH WILL INCREASE THE SW WINDS OVER THE NW 
PORTION OF THE AREA N OF AROUND 28N W OF 70W FRI AND SAT. THE 
TROUGH MOVES NE AND THE WINDS DECREASE SUN. THE REMAINDER OF THE 
ATLC WILL HAVE MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.


THE ASH CLOUD FROM THE SOUFRIERE HILLS VOLCANO ON MONTSERRAT HAS 
THINNED CONSIDERABLY FROM THIS MORNING SO WILL DROP THE ASH 
ADVISORY FROM THE NEXT FORECAST PACKAGE. OTHERWISE TYPICAL 
CONDITIONS ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN...WITH MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS 
ACROSS THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...NEAR THE COAST OF S AMERICA,
LIGHT TO MODERATE ELY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REMAINDER 
OF THE AREA THROUGH SUN.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE. 

.FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.