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AGXX40 KNHC 150656
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
300 AM EDT SAT AUG 15 2009

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

WINDS ARE GENERALLY LIGHT ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO. HOWEVER 
WINDS WILL START TO INCREASE OVER THE EASTERN GULF AS TROUGH 
WHICH WAS THE NORTHERN END OF A TROPICAL WAVE MOVES INTO THE 
AREA. THE TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE EASTERN AND MIDDLE GULF
TODAY AND SUN THEN INTO THE NW GULF MON AND INLAND TUE. THE 
STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE OVER THE SE GULF THEN SPREAD W INTO THE 
SW GULF BY MID WEEK.

A RIDGE EXTENDS ACROSS THE ATLC ALONG 29N/30N WILL MOVE N OF THE 
AREA ON SUN. TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO IS WELL E OF THE AREA BUT
IS FORECAST TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM AND APPROACH THE FAR SE 
PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA MON EVENING THEN OVER THE SOUTHERN 
BAHAMAS LATE TUE AND ACROSS THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS LATE WED. 
THEREFORE WILL HEADLINE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED
LATE IN THE FORECAST PERIOD.

CARIBBEAN TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY ALONG 81W MOVING W 15-20 KT. 
ELY WINDS 20-25 KT ARE E OF THE WAVE TO 68W. THE TRADES DECREASE 
SOME EARLY IN THE WEEK. TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWO IS WELL E OF THE
AREA NEAR 14.6N45.8W...HOWEVER THE DEPRESSION IS FORECAST TO
BECOME A TROPICAL STORM AND MOVE INTO THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE NEAR
16N 54.5W SUN THEN CONTINUE TO MOVE NW ACROSS THE N PORTION OF 
THE ZONE MON THEN MOVE W OF THE AREA TUE.
 
WARNINGS

ATLC...
.NONE.  

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE. 

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

$$
FORECASTER DGS