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AGXX40 KNHC 020506 AAA
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EDT TUE SEP 2 2008

UPDATED FOR UPGRADE TO HURRICANE HANNA AND ASSOCIATED WARNING

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

TROPICAL STORM GUSTAV IS INLAND OVER LOUISIANA. GUSTAV IS 
FORECAST TO WEAKEN TO A TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIS EVENING AND A 
REMNANT LOW WED AS IT MOVE NNW THROUGH FRI. BUOYS CURRENTLY 
INDICATING THE HIGHEST WINDS AND SEAS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. 
SLY WINDS 15-20 KT ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF TODAY THEN LESS THEN 
20 KT TONIGHT. TRAILING TROUGH IN THE WAKE OF GUSTAV WILL MOVE 
INTO THE NW GULF WED NIGHT THEN DISSIPATE SAT.

HURRICANE HANNA NEAR THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS WITH MAX WINDS NEAR 70 
KT GUSTS 85 KT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD WITHIN 
150 NM E SEMICIRCLE AND 100 NM W SEMICIRCLE. HANNA IS FORECAST 
TO SLOWLY DRIFT TO THE WNW THROUGH WED THEN MOVE NW JUST N OF 
THE BAHAMAS THU THEN MAKE LANDFALL INTO S CAROLINA FRI.
JUST AS HANNA MOVES OUT OF THE ZONE ANOTHER STRENGTHENING 
TROPICAL STORM IKE IS FORECAST TO BECOME A HURRICANE WHEN IT 
MOVES INTO THE SE CORNER OF THE AREA LATE FRI AND INTO THE S 
CENTRAL PORTION SAT.

HURRICANE HANNA OVER THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS HAS INCREASED THE SW 
20-25 KT WINDS ACROSS THE WINDWARD PASSAGE. THESE WINDS MAY 
SPREAD W AS THE STORM DOES THE SAME BUT ONCE HANNA MAKES THE 
TURN NW BY MID-WEEK CONDITIONS SHOULD SUBSIDE. OTHERWISE TRADES 
ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT TO MODERATE THROUGH THE PERIOD AS THE 
ATLC RIDGE REMAINS WEAKENED DUE TO HANNA. T.S. IKE E OF THE ZONE 
IS FORECAST TO TRACK ACROSS THE FAR N PORTION OF THE TROPICAL 
ATLC ZONE WED NIGHT THROUGH FRI AS A HURRICANE.

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

ATLANTIC...
HURRICANE WARNING N OF 20N W OF 70W...AMZ080

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER CANGIALOSI. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.