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AGXX40 KNHC 040602
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION    
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
205 AM EDT WED AUG 04 2010

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
AN E-W RIDGE WILL EXTEND ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF WATERS THROUGH 
THE PERIOD WITH HIGH PRES CENTERS OCCASIONALLY FORMING ALONG THE 
RIDGE AXIS. A TROPICAL WAVE ENTERS THE FAR SE WATERS LATE THU 
AND CONTINUES W THROUGH THE BAY OF CAMPECHE SUN. EXPECTING 
MOSTLY 5 TO 10 KT AND SEAS 1 TO 2 FT THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD... 
EXCEPT NE WINDS 15 TO 20 KT ENHANCED ALONG NW YUCATAN COAST AND E
BAY OF CAMPECHE DURING EVENINGS BUILDING 3 TO 4 FT SEAS IN BAY 
OF CAMPECHE TILL ABOUT MIDNIGHT EACH NIGHT. 

SW N ATLC...
THE FRONTAL TROUGH IS STILL EVIDENT FROM 31N70W TO THE NW 
BAHAMAS WHILE AN E TO W RIDGE EXTENDS FROM 30N55W TO NEAR 
28N75W. THE RIDGE WILL SHIFT N TODAY AND PUSH THE FRONTAL TROUGH 
W OF AREA AND DISSIPATING BY TONIGHT WITH THE RIDGE EXTENDING 
FROM 31N65W TO 28N80W THU INTO FRI. A REMNANT TROUGH OF TROPICAL 
STORM COLIN WILL MEANDER AND GRADUALLY LIFT N OVER THE WATERS 
BETWEEN 65W AND 70W TONIGHT THROUGH SUN ACCOMPANIED BY A NE TO 
SE WIND SHIFT ALONG ITS AXIS. GFS EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE AND TONED 
DOWN WINDS AND SEAS CONSIDERABLY BELOW GUIDANCE.

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
A TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 71W WILL MOVE W TO ALONG 77W THU AND 83W 
FRI THEN MOVE THROUGH THE GULF OF HONDURAS FRI NIGHT. THE 
REMNANT TROUGH OF TROPICAL STORM COLIN WILL MOVE NW ACROSS THE N 
NORTHERN PORTION OF THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE AND EXIT THE AREA 
LATE THU. AS THE REMNANT LOW PASSES TO THE NW THE GRADIENT 
ACROSS THE TROPICS WILL BE BELOW NORMAL WITH TRADES AT MOSTLY 15 
KT TILL LATE IN THE WEEKEND WHEN 15 TO 20 KT EASTERLIES RETURN 
TO THE WATERS ALONG THE COAST OF S AMERICA. 

WARNINGS...

SW N ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

.GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

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FORECASTER NELSON