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AGXX40 KNHC 060627
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION        
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
230 AM EDT WED MAY O6 2009
 
MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

GULF OF MEXICO...
AN E TO W RIDGE WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF WATERS 
THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD. EXPECT SE TO S 15 TO 20 KT WINDS 
OVER THE NW WATERS...EASTERLY 10 TO 15 KT OVER MOST OF THE 
REMAINDER FORECAST AREA...EXCEPT VARIABLE 5 TO 10 KT RIGHT ALONG 
THE RIDGE AXIS...AND AROUND THE OCCASIONAL WEAK HIGH CENTER THAT 
WILL FORM ALONG THE RIDGE AXIS OVER THE EXTREME E CENTRAL 
PORTION.   

SW N ATLC...
A NICE WEEKEND IN STORE FOR MARINERS THROUGHOUT THE BAHAMAS. A 
BROAD LOW LEVEL TROUGH CURRENTLY DRIFTING W OVER THE WATERS 
BETWEEN 70W AND 76W WILL SLOWLY DAMPEN OUT TONIGHT INTO EARLY 
THU AND LOSE ALL IDENTITY BY THU NIGHT. THE ATLC E TO W RIDGE 
CURRENTLY ALONG 31N WILL SHIFT SOUTHWARD LYING ACROSS THE 
NORTHERN BAHAMAS FRI AND SAT THEN SHIFT TO ALONG 28N SUN. THE 
15 TO 20 KT EASTERLY WINDS CURRENTLY OBSERVED TO THE E OF THIS 
TROUGH AXIS WILL BECOME SE AT 10 TO 15 KT FRI THROUGH SUN ACROSS 
ALL THE CENTRAL AND SE BAHAMAS...WHILE WINDS WILL BECOME SE TO S 
AT 5 TO 10 KT OVER THE NW BAHAMAS AND FL STRAITS IN VICINITY OF 
MEANDERING RIDGE AXIS. THE CURRENT SE TO S WINDS OVER THE WATERS 
N OF 27N WILL VEER TO S TO SW AT 10 TO 15 KT FRI AND SAT WITH 
THE SW WINDS INCREASING TO 15 KT ALONG 31N LATE SUN. EASTERLY 
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KT S OF 22N SUN.

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
A BROAD TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN WILL BECOME DIFFUSE 
TONIGHT INTO THU. THE FRESH E TRADE WINDS CURRENTLY OVER THE 
WATERS NE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD S AND W 
ACROSS MOST THE AREA AS THE ATLC RIDGE SHIFTS S AND LIES E TO W 
ALONG 26-28N THROUGH SUN. EASTERLY WINDS TO THE LEE OF 
CUBA WILL REMAIN AT 10 TO 15 KT THROUGH THE PERIOD.

ATLC...
.NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

FORECASTER NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.