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AGXX40 KNHC 270610
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT SUN JUN 27 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 WEAK RIDGE ALONG 30N IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER 
THE FAR NE GULF THROUGH MON. TROPICAL STORM ALEX INLAND OVER 
BELIZE IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE SW GULF OF MEXICO AS A 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION THIS EVENING THEN INCREASE ONCE AGAIN INTO A 
TROPICAL STORM NEAR 20.4N92.6W MON. ALEX IS FORECAST TO BECOME A 
HURRICANE NEAR 22.0N96.0W TUE EVENING. OTHERWISE WITH T.S. ALEX
TO THE S AND ATLC RIDGE TO THE N TIGHT PRES GRADIENT OVER THE 
OVER THE S CENTRAL GULF WITH WINDS TO 25 KT.

ATLC HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG 31N 
THROUGH MON. MEANWHILE E-SE WINDS OF 20 KT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 
THE WATERS S-SW OF THE BAHAMAS/NORTH OF CUBA AND THROUGH THE 
STRAITS OF FLORIDA THROUGH MON DUE TO THE TIGHTENED GRADIENT 
BETWEEN T.S. ALEX THE THE RIDGE. TROUGH WILL ENTER THE SE 
PORTION OF THE AREA LATER TODAY THEN WILL LINGER E OF 70W 
THROUGH TUE THEN DISSIPATE LATE EARLY WED. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW 
WILL STRENGTHEN IN THE NW PORTION LATE TUE THROUGH WED AS A COLD 
FRONT SLOWLY APPROACHES THE SE U.S. COAST. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE 
OFFSHORE OF THE CAROLINAS AND GEORGIA N OF 31N THU. THE FRONT 
WILL ALSO NUDGE THE RIDGE TO THE S AND E TUE THROUGH THU.

TROPICAL STORM ALEX NEAR 17.7N 88.4W 997 MB AT 0300 UTC MOVING 
WNW AT 10 KT WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 
KT. ALEX WILL MOVE WILL MOVE FURTHER INLAND TODAY...HOWEVER 
STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN THROUGH EARLY 
THU. TROUGH IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE  
WILL MOVE NW OF THE AREA BY EARLY MON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 
TSTMS WILL PERSIST NEAR THE TROUGH AXIS ALONG WITH 20 KT WINDS. 
 
WARNINGS...
ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.TROPICAL STORM WARNING S OF 22N E OF 94W...GMZ082.

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

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FORECASTER DGS