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AGXX40 KNHC 040545
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
145 AM EDT THU JUN 04 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 GULF OF MEXICO WITH AN AXIS NEAR 
90W. ELSEWHERE THERE IS A BROAD FLAT HEIGHT PATTERN. THE TROUGH 
WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO AND STRENGTHEN 
OVER THE CENTRAL AND EAST GULF OF MEXICO TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
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. SUNDAY AND MONDAY THE TROUGH WILL WEAKEN OVER FLORIDA 
AND THE WESTERN PART OF THE ATLANTIC AREA. ELSEWHERE THE BROAD 
FLAT HEIGHT PATTERN WILL CONTINUE.

SURFACE
RIDGE EXTENDS ALONG 30N EAST OF FLORIDA AND WILL DRIFT SOUTH A 
LITTLE AS LOW DEVELOPS OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES AND 
MOVES NORTHEAST. A WEAK COLD FRONT OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF TODAY 
WILL MOVE TO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE SOUTHWEST GULF FRIDAY. 
THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN FRIDAY AND DRIFT EAST OVER THE EAST GULF 
SATURDAY BECOMING DIFFUSE. BY SUNDAY RIDGE ALONG 28N WILL EXTEND 
ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. THIS PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 
MONDAY.

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 THROUGH FRIDAY WHEN THEY WILL 
DECREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT.

WARNINGS

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

FORECASTER LL. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.