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AGXX40 KNHC 020612
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
212 AM EDT TUE JUN 02 2009

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

UPPER LEVELS
DEEP LAYER TROUGH IS OVER THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE GULF OF 
MEXICO. ELSEWHERE THERE IS A BROAD FLAT HEIGHT PATTERN. THE 
TROUGH WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH 
WEDNESDAY THEN BEGIN TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE CENTRAL AND EAST 
GULF OF MEXICO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. BY SATURDAY A WELL DEFINED 
TROUGH WILL BE OVER THE EAST GULF OF MEXICO AND EXTEND SOUTH TO 
CUBA AND WEAKLY OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN. ELSEWHERE THE BROAD 
FLAT HEIGHT PATTERN WILL CONTINUE.

SURFACE
RIDGE ALONG 30N ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WILL WEAKEN FROM THE 
WEST AS TROUGH DEVELOPS OVER TEXAS. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE 
OFF THE UPPER TEXAS COAST THURSDAY AND BY FRIDAY EXTEND FROM THE 
FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE SOUTH TEXAS COAST. THE FRONT WILL 
WEAKEN FRIDAY AND DRIFT NORTH TO THE NORTH GULF OF MEXICO COAST. 
BY SATURDAY RIDGE ALONG 28N WILL EXTEND ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.

TRADES OF 20 KNOTS OR MORE ARE MOSTLY CONFINED TO SOUTH OF 17N. 
TRADES WILL REACH TO NEAR 30 KT IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL CARIBBEAN 
NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA.

WARNINGS

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

FORECASTER LL. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.