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AGXX40 KNHC 310510
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008

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

STRONG HURRICANE GUSTAV IN THE GULF OF MEXICO IS JUST N OF 
WESTERN CUBA. AT 0300 UTC GUSTAV WAS LOCATED AT 23.1N 83.8W AND 
IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NW AS A MAJOR HURRICANE 
AND APPROACH THE LOUISIANA COAST BY MON EVENING. CURRENT 
FORECAST BRINGS SEAS TO 48 FT AND WILL CONTINUE THE SAME TREND.
HURRICANE WARNINGS FOR THE E AND MIDDLE GULF FOR TODAY AND 
TONIGHT AND HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR THE NW GULF MON 
AND TUE. GUSTAV MOVES INTO CENTRAL LOUISIANA TUE NIGHT THEN AS 
TROPICAL STORM INTO E TEXAS WED NIGHT. WINDS AND SEAS  SLOWLY 
DECREASE AS GUSTAV MOVES INLAND AN WEAKENS  WED AND THU.

TROPICAL STORM HANNA IN THE ATLC NEAR 22.9N 67.8W AT 0300 UTC IS 
NO LONGER FORECAST TO BECOME A HURRICANE BUT WILL REMAIN A 
TROPICAL STORM AS IT MOVES JUST ALONG THE E SIDE OF THE BAHAMAS.
THE LATEST TRACK TAKES HANNA ALMOST DUE W THROUGH TUE NIGHT THEN 
NW TO THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS BY THU NIGHT. A STRONG PRES GRADIENT 
TO THE N OF HANNA BRINGS A LARGE AREA OF STRONG WINDS AND HIGH 
SEAS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA AS HANNA MOVES WWD.

WARNINGS MAY FINALLY BE LIFTED FOR THE NW CARIBBEAN AS GUSTAV 
MOVES FURTHER N INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. WILL SEE WHAT THE 0900 
UTC TROPICAL STORM WIND RADII IS FROM THE NHC ADVISORY TO 
DETERMINE IF TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS WILL BE DISCONTINUED. 
OTHERWISE WINDS ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN WILL BE LIGHT. A TROPICAL 
WAVE WITH AN EMBEDDED LOW PRES WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN 
PORTION OF THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE ON MON NIGHT AND TUE THEN MOVE 
N OF THE AREA WED.

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

ATLANTIC...
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM 21N TO 26N E OF 71W...AMZ080

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
HURRICANE WARNING S OF 28N E OF 89W...GMZ084 AND GMZ86.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.