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AGXX40 KNHC 131651
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 PM EDT WED AUG 13 2008

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

MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NE GULF OF 
MEXICO THROUGH TONIGHT AND EARLY THU THEN DECREASE BY LATE IN 
THE DAY. WEAK RIDGE BUILDS ALONG 25N THEN DRIFTS N TO 27N FRI 
NIGHT THEN TO 29N/30N SUN AND MON. WINDS DECREASE TO 10 KT OR 
LESS FRI THROUGH MON E OF 90W...WITH SE WINDS 10 TO 15 KT W OF 
90W THROUGH SAT. THE SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 15-20 KT SUN AND MON 
OVER THE WESTERN GULF AS LOW PRES DEVELOPS OVER TEXAS.

LOW PRES WILL MOVE OFF THE CAROLINA COAST INTO THE ATLC N OF THE 
AREA AND STRENGTHEN TONIGHT. THIS WILL CAUSE 20-25 KT SW WINDS 
ACROSS THE N PORTION OF THE AREA BUT COULD BE 30 KT RIGHT ALONG 
31N. THE STRONG WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE ON FRI. A TROPICAL 
WAVE WITH A LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE SE PORTION OF THE AREAS FRI.
THE LOW IS FORECAST TO MOVE TO N OF HISPANIOLA SAT AND ACROSS 
THE BAHAMAS SUN AND MON. THE LOW COULD POSSIBLY DEVELOP INTO A 
TROPICAL CYCLONE. WINDS INCREASE ON E SEMICIRCLE OF THE LOW.

THE TRADES WILL REMAIN LIGHT ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH MON.
TROPICAL WAVE AND AREA OF LOW PRES NEAR 17N56W. THE LOW WILL 
MOVE WNW TO THE NORTHERN WINDWARD ISLANDS THU THEN E OF THE 
TROPICAL ATLC ZONE ON FRI. THE LOW COULD POSSIBLY BECOME A 
TROPICAL CYCLONE. THE STRONGEST WINDS WITH THE LOW ARE ON THE N 
SEMICIRCLE.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE. 

.FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.