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AGXX40 KNHC 301509
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
300 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009

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

STATIONARY FRONT IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO EXTENDS FROM THE 
FLORIDA PENINSULA ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS TO HOUSTON TEXAS.
THE FRONT WILL DISSIPATE LATER THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE RIDGE
EXTENDS FROM WESTERN CUBA INTO THE SE GULF. LIGHT PRES PATTERN 
CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA WITH BUOYS INDICATING GENERALLY LIGHT 
WINDS. TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE YUCATAN 
PENINSULA WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN BAY OF CAMPECHE TONIGHT 
THROUGH LATE WED. THE SURFACE RIDGE MOVES N THU THROUGH SUN.

ATLC RIDGE WITH AXIS ALONG 23N COMBINED WITH FRONT TO THE N IS 
PRODUCING SW WINDS 15-20 KT N OF 27N. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 
20-25 KT TONIGHT THROUGH WED NIGHT...THEN DECREASE THU AS THE 
HIGH MOVES N TO AROUND 27N AND THE FRONT WEAKENS. THE RIDGE
REMAINS ALONG 27N THEN MOVES SE AS A TROUGH MOVES N OF THE AREA  
SUN...WINDS ALSO INCREASE TO 15-20 KT OVER THE N PORTION OF THE 
AREA SUN. OTHERWISE MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. ELY 
WINDS INCREASE TO 15-20 KT WED NIGHT THROUGH SAT...THEN DECREASE 
SUN.

TRADES ACROSS THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN CONTINUE IN THE 15-20 KT 
RANGE. THE RIDGE TO THE N IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN BY LATE 
TONIGHT OR WED...AND WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20-25 KT. WINDS 
COULD  REACH AS HIGH AS 30 KT ALONG THE N COAST OF SOUTH 
AMERICA...WITH SEAS BUILDING TO AS HIGH AS 12 FT BY LATE THU OFF 
COLOMBIA DUE IN PART TO EASTERLY SWELL...AND CONTINUING THROUGH 
THE WEEKEND.

WARNINGS
ATLC...
.NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.