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AGXX40 KNHC 181820
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
220 PM EDT FRI JUN 18 2010

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W...AND 
SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W

GULF OF MEXICO...
HIGH PRES RIDGE ALONG 28N PREVAIL ACROSS GULF THROUGH FORECAST 
PERIOD RESULTING IN LIGHT TO MODERATE BREEZE THROUGHOUT BASIN 
TILL TUE.  TROPICAL WAVE APPROACHING SE BAHAMAS TUE INCREASES 
EASTERLY WIND ACROSS STRAITS OF FLORIDA TUE. 

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
ATLC RIDGE N OF AREA MAINTAIN MODERATE E BREEZE THROUGH BASIN 
WITH TROPICAL WAVE PRESENTLY ALONG 75W ENHANCING WINDS OVER SW 
CARIBBEAN THROUGH SAT NIGHT.  AS WAVE SHIFTS E OF AREA...TRADES 
WEAKEN SUN THROUGH TUE.  

WELL DEFINED TROPICAL WAVE OVER LEEWARD ISLANDS IN TROPICAL N 
ATLC WATERS MOVE W INTO OVER PUERTO RICO TONIGHT AND HISPANIOLA 
LATE SAT.  ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE PRESENTLY ALONG 50W MOVE ACROSS 
SOUTHERN PORTION OF TROPICAL N ATLC TONIGHT THROUGH SAT NIGHT 
BRINGING LOCALLY TIGHTER PRES GRADIENT AND WIND SURGE S OF 15N.  
LONG FETCH ON SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF ATLC HIGH PRES KEEP MODERATE 
E SWELLS AFFECTING S PORTION OF BASIN MON AND TUE.    

SW N ATLC...
TROPICAL WAVE OVER LEEWARD ISLANDS MOVE ENTER SE CORNER OF SW N 
ATLC CROSSING PUERTO RICO TONIGHT...THEN HISPANIOLA SAT AND SUN 
...REACHING E CUBA ON MON...INTO CENTRAL CUBA TUE.  WAVE BRINGS 
INCREASE IN WINDS ACROSS S OF 24N AS IT MOVES W.  IN NORTHERN 
PART OF ZONE...ATLC RIDGE STRETCHES ALONG 28N...THEN SHIFT N TO 
30N SAT AND SUN...THEN 31N FOR REMAINDER OF FORECAST PERIOD.  
 
WARNINGS...
ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT 
HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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FORECASTER WALLY BARNES