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AGXX40 KNHC 010524
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
130 AM EDT MON SEP 1 2008

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

MAJOR HURRICANE GUSTAV NEAR 27.3N 88.1W AT 0300 UTC WILL 
CONTINUE TO MOVE NW INTO THE SOUTHERN LA COAST LATER TODAY.
GUSTAV IS FORECAST TO BE JUST INLAND THIS EVENING AND OVER 
WESTERN LOUISIANA EARLY TUE. LATEST NHC ADVISORY KEEP TROPICAL 
STORM WIND RADII OVER THE LOUISIANA COAST TUE MORNING THEN WINDS 
SHOULD DECREASE TO BELOW TROPICAL STORM FORCE LATER TUE. WINDS 
WILL SLOWLY DECREASE TUE NIGHT AND WED THEN BELOW 20 KT BY EARLY 
THU.

TROPICAL STORM HANNA NEAR 23.7N 72.2W IS FORECAST TO TRACK NW 
JUST NE OF THE BAHAMAS AND EVENTUALLY MAKE LANDFALL IN S 
CAROLINA FRI EVENING. HANNA IS NO LONGER FORECAST TO BECOME A 
HURRICANE...HOWEVER LATEST NHC ADVISORY BRINGS WINDS UP TO 60 KT 
THU EVENING. STRONG WINDS AND HIGH SEAS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS 
MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.

MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLC ZONE 
THROUGH THU. TROPICAL WAVE WITH A 1006 MB LOW IS WELL E OF THE 
AREA ALONG 35W IS FORECAST TO MOVE WNW AND CROSS 55W BY THU. 
WINDS MIGHT INCREASE OVER THE FAR NE PORTION OF THE TROPICAL 
ATLC ZONE AT THAT TIME.

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

ATLANTIC...
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM 20N TO 26N BETWEEN 70W AND  
76W...AMZ080

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
HURRICANE WARNING N OF 26N BETWEEN 86W AND 94W...GMZ080 AND 
GMZ084.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.