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AGXX40 KNHC 071845
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
245 PM EDT TUE JUL 07 2009

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

UPPER LEVELS...
BROAD RIDGE OVER GULF OF MEXICO EXPANDS E ACROSS FLORIDA INTO SW 
N ATLC FORCING PREVIOUS TROUGH MOSTLY E OF AREA.  ONLY WEAK 
CYCLONE REMAINS NEAR 22N66W.  OVER STRETCHED RIDGE ALLOWS 
LONGWAVE TROUGH OVER CENTRAL PLAINS TO PUSH FRONTAL BOUNDARIES 
FURTHER S CLOSER TO OR BARELY INTO GULF WATERS INCREASING 
WESTERLY FLOW IN NORTHERN FRINGES OF GULF.

SURFACE...
CENTRAL ATLC RIDGE EXPANDING E ALONG 28N INTO GULF OF MEXICO 
WEAKENS ALLOWING FRESH TO STRONG TRADES OVER CARIBBEAN A 
TEMPORARY BREAK...BUT THESE RETURN AS COLOMBIAN LOW PRES 
STRENGTHENS WED.  WEAK SERIES OF TROUGHS N OF AREA CONTINUE 
IMPACTING WIND AND SEAS IN NORTHERN FRINGES OF SW N ATLC BASIN 
THROUGH SAT. 

WARNINGS

ATLC...
.NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.