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AGXX40 KNHC 040504
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
835 PM EDT WED SEP 3 2008

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

WEAK TROUGH OVER THE FAR NW GULF OF MEXICO WILL DRIFT E AND 
DISSIPATE TONIGHT. OTHERWISE MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. 
WEAK RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF TONIGHT. HANNA HAS 
MADE ITS MOVE TO THE NW...AS IT MOVES E OF FLORIDA THE WINDS 
OVER THE EASTERN GULF WILL SHIFT TO THE N BUT ARE EXPECTED TO 
REMAIN LIGHT.

TROPICAL STORM HANNA NEAR THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS IS FORECAST TO 
MOVE NW E OF THE BAHAMAS AND THE FLORIDA E COAST THROUGH FRI AND 
THEN MOVE INLAND LATE SAT. HANNA IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN BACK 
TO A HURRICANE EARLY FRI. STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS WILL COVER 
MUCH OF THE AREA...THEN SLOWLY DECREASE FROM THE SE TO NW AS 
HANNA MOVES NW. STRONG HURRICANE IKE LOCATED OVER THE CENTRAL 
ATLC IS MOVING FAIRLY QUICK TO THE WNW. IKE IS FORECAST TO MOVE 
INTO THE SE CORNER OF THE ZONE LATE FRI AND THEN GENERALLY MOVE 
W OR SW...DUE TO A NE-SW ORIENTED SUBTROPICAL RIDGE TO ITS N...
AND BE N OF HISPANIOLA AND INTO THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS OVER THE 
WEEKEND.  

HURRICANE IKE JUST TO THE NE OF THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE
AND A TROPICAL STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE FAR NE 
CORNER OF THE ZONE...WILL DETERMINE WHETHER TO CONTINUE THE 
WARNING FOR TODAY DEPENDING ON THE LATEST NHC ADVISORY.
TROPICAL STORM JOSEPHINE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN E OF THE AREA 
THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. SCATTERED TSTMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE 
N CENTRAL AND NE CARIBBEAN ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER CIRCULATION 
OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA. STRONG WINDS ARE OVER THE WINDWARD 
PASSAGE SHOULD DECREASE AS HANNA CONTINUES TO MOVE NWD.
OTHERWISE MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH THE 
WEEKEND WITH MORE TYPICAL ELY TRADES BECOMING ESTABLISHED. THE 
ONLY EXCEPTION WILL BE OVER THE FAR N WATERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 
CIRCULATION OF IKE.

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

ATLANTIC...
TROPICAL STORM WARNING ASSOCIATED WITH HANNA N OF 23N BETWEEN 
68W AND 79W...AMZ080
TROPICAL STORM WARNING N OF 20N E OF 57W ASSOCIATED WITH 
IKE...AMZ087

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER