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AGXX40 KNHC 190546
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT MON JUL 19 2010

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

WEAK TROUGH OVER THE SW GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE INLAND AND 
DISSIPATE LATER TODAY. OTHERWISE HIGH PRES RIDGE OVER THE 
NORTHERN GULF WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY ALONG 30N THROUGH 
THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK THEN MOVE N OF THE AREA BY THE END OF THE 
WEEK. THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF A TROPICAL WAVE MOVING THROUGH SE 
CARIBBEAN NEAR THE WESTERN TIP OF CUBA WILL MOVE W TO THE 
EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE TONIGHT THEN DISSIPATE. ELY WINDS TO 20 
KT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA THROUGH THU THEN 
DECREASE ON FRI.

WEAK ATLC TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS WILL GRADUALLY 
DISSIPATE TONIGHT. OTHERWISE RIDGE ALONG 29N/30N WILL MOVE N OF 
THE AREA BY THE END OF THE WEEK. THE RIDGE COMBINED WITH A 
SERIES OF TROPICAL WAVES MOVING THROUGH THE CARIBBEAN WILL KEEP 
A TIGHT PRES GRADIENT THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA
WITH WINDS TO 20 KT THROUGH THU THEN DECREASE SLIGHTLY ON FRI. 
MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF 
THE AREA THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.

CARIBBEAN TRADES WILL REMAIN LIGHTER THEN NORMAL. ELY WINDS PICK
UP TO 20 KT OVER THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN TONIGHT THROUGH WED. SE 
WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN THU BEHIND 
ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE. LIGHT WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER 
OF THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

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FORECASTER DGS