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AGXX40 KNHC 021902
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
300 PM EDT THU JUL 02 2009

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
SURFACE RIDGE EXTENDS FROM SOUTH FLORIDA TO TEXAS COAST ALONG 
27N...WITH WEAK TROUGH OVER NW GULF COASTAL WATERS.  RIDGE 
MAINTAINS LIGHT TO MODERATE BREEZE ACROSS ENTIRE GULF AS PRES 
PATTERN REMAINS FLAT AROUND RIDGE.  TROPICAL WAVE CRUISING 
ACROSS BAY OF CAMPECHE S OF 18N PRODUCING SCATTERED MODERATE 
ISOLATED STRONG CONVECTION THROUGH TONIGHT.

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLC...
TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 73W MOVE W THROUGH BASIN CROSSING 75W 
TONIGHT INTO WESTERN CARIBBEAN AND INTO GULF OF HONDURAS FRI 
NIGHT AND SAT.   TIGHT GRADIENT BETWEEN CENTRAL ATLC RIDGE AND 
TROPICAL WAVE MAINTAIN STRONG TO NEAR GALE WINDS S OF 15N FROM 
68W-82W.  WINDS DIMINISH LATE IN FORECAST PERIOD AS WAVE MOVES 
W.   IN TROPICAL ATLC...LONG FETCH UNDER STRONG BREEZE CAUSING 
SEAS NEAR 11-12 FT IN E SWELLS. 

ATLANTIC S OF 31N W OF 55W...
ATLC HIGH PRES DOMINATE PATTERN ACROSS SW N ATLC WITH FRESH 
TRADE WINDS FLOWING OVER FORECAST WATERS.  LIGHT WINDS PERSIST 
FROM GREATER ANTILLES TO 28N.  WEAK TROUGH N OF 31N STRENGTHENS 
SW WINDS N OF 28N TODAY AND TONIGHT...THEN DIMINISH. 

WARNINGS
ATLC...
.NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.