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AGXX40 KNHC 041717
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
120 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2008

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

T.S. EDOUARD IN THE IN THE N CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO IS FORECAST 
TO TRACK WNW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND APPROACH THE 
HOUSTON/GALVESTON AREA TUE MORNING TUE. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS 
CONTINUE FOR THE NW PORTION OF THE MIDDLE GULF ZONE AND THE N 
PORTION OF THE NW GULF ZONE INTO TUE MORNING...WITH ANY CHANGES 
BASED ON THE 21Z ADVISORY. OTHERWISE MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS 
THE REMAINDER OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AS HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS 
THE NORTHERN GULF WED AND THU THEN SHIFTS S FRI AND SAT.

ATLC RIDGE ALONG 29N WILL DRIFT N TO ALONG 30N TUE INTO 
WED...THEN SHIFT S TO ALONG 25-26N THU AND FRI...AND TO 25N SAT. 
TROPICAL WAVE WILL APPROACH THE SE PORTION OF THE AREA TUE. A 
1012 MB SURFACE LOW IS ANALYZED ALONG THE TROPICAL WAVE 
CURRENTLY NEAR 20N59W. MODELS DO NOT INDICATE A LOW AS IT MOVES 
INTO THE AREA...BUT LATEST FORECAST PACKAGE MENTIONS THE LOW 
MOVING INTO THE AREA SO WILL CONTINUE WITH THE CURRENT WORDING. 
WINDS INCREASE WITH THE WAVE AS IT MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN 
BAHAMAS WED THEN WEAKEN AND MOVE W OF THE AREA FRI.

MODERATE TO STRONG TRADES ACROSS THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN 
GENERALLY S OF 17N AND E 10-15 KT N OF 17N. TROPICAL WAVE 
CURRENTLY ALONG 59W WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE THIS 
AFTERNOON...THEN CROSS THE WINDWARD ISLANDS TONIGHT AND INTO THE 
E CARIBBEAN TUE THEN WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL AND 
WESTERN CARIBBEAN WED THROUGH SAT.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
TROPICAL STORM WARNING MIDDLE AND NW GULF ZONES GMZ080 AND 
GMZ084. 

.FORECASTER KOSIER. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.