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AGXX40 KNHC 151747
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION    
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EDT SUN AUG 15 2010

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

GULF OF MEXICO RIDGE ALONG 26N WITH A TROUGH FROM THE FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI. THE RIDGE WILL WEAKEN 
AS A LOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG THE TROUGH LATE TONIGHT OR 
EARLY MON. THE LOW IS FORECAST TO REMAIN ALONG THE COASTAL 
WATERS OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE MON THEN DRIFT W TO THE SE 
LOUISIANA COASTAL WATERS EARLY TUE THEN MOVE INLAND OVER CENTRAL 
LOUISIANA TUE NIGHT. WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT OVER THE E 
SEMICIRCLE OF THE LOW MON NIGHT THROUGH EARLY WED THEN DECREASE.
OTHERWISE MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE GULF.

AN UNUSUAL AUG ATLC STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM 28N65W TO 
27N72W 31N80W. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ARE ALONG AND AROUND 
90 NM SE OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND DRIFT 
NW MON. OTHERWISE MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MON 
THEN ELY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT OVER THE FAR SE PORTION OF THE 
AREA TUE AS HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILDS ALONG 27N.  THE ELY WINDS 
DECREASE THU AND FRI AS THE RIDGE WEAKENS.

TRADES IN THE CARIBBEAN BELOW NORMAL WITH WEAK PRES GRADIENT.
TROPICAL WAVE IN THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN WILL MOVE INTO THE 
WESTERN CARIBBEAN TONIGHT AND MON THEN MOVE W OF THE AREA MON 
NIGHT. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAVE. ANOTHER 
TROPICAL WAVE IS ALONG 57W WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ARE 
WITHIN 150 NM E OF THE WAVE. THE WAVE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE E 
CARIBBEAN MON AND MON NIGHT AND THROUGH THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN 
TUE AND THE W CARIBBEAN WED AND THU AND W OF THE AREA FRI.

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 DGS