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MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
240 AM EDT SAT SEP 25 2010

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

CARIBBEAN SEA...
AT 200 AM EDT...TROPICAL STORM MATTHEW WAS NEAR 15.5N 85.7W...OR 
ABOUT 80 MILES ESE OF LA CEIBA HONDURAS MOVING WNW AT 13 KT. 
LATEST NHC OFFICIAL FORECAST HAS MATTHEW REMAINING OVER LAND. 
THE GULF OF HONDURAS WILL BE AFFECTED BY TROPICAL STORM FORCE 
WINDS THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE...MODERATE TRADE WINDS 
WILL PREVAIL E OF 80W THROUGH MONDAY. ANOTHER AREA OF LOW 
PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO FORM OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN LATE TUE 
INTO WED...WHICH WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN WINDS AND SEAS OVER 
THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN.

GULF OF MEXICO...
WEAK RIDGING N OF THE AREA WILL SHIFT E THIS WEEKEND. THIS WILL 
ENABLE A COLD FRONT TO MOVE INTO THE GULF WATERS LATE SUN. THE 
COLD FRONT WILL REACH FROM NEAR THE FAR WESTERN FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE SW TO NORTHERN MEXICO MON MORNING...THEN FROM THE 
FLORIDA BIG BEND AREA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE TUE MORNING...THEN 
WILL REACH FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE WHERE IT 
WILL STALL AND WEAKEN. WITH THE LOW FORECAST TO FORM OVER THE 
CARIBBEAN MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS PARAGRAPH...WINDS AND SEAS 
ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE OVER THE SOUTH PART OF THE EAST AND 
CENTRAL GULF WED.

SW N ATLC AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
RIDGING WILL REMAIN JUST N OF THE AREA THROUGH THE FORECAST 
PERIOD. MODERATE TO FRESH TRADES WILL PREVAIL THROUGH MUCH OF 
THE FORECAST PERIOD. DEPENDING ON THE STRENGTH/LOCATION OF THE 
LOW THAT FORMS IN THE CARIBBEAN...WINDS AND SEAS MAY INCREASE 
OVER THE FAR SW PART OF THE SW N ATLC WATERS WED.

WARNINGS...

SW N ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.TROPICAL STORM WARNING S OF 18N W OF 82W...AMZ082.

TROPICAL N ATLC...
.NONE.
  
GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

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FORECASTER AL