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AGXX40 KNHC 231800
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EDT MON MAY 23 2011

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
HIGH PRES OVER THE NE GULF COMBINED WITH LOW PRES TROUGH OVER 
NORTHERN MEXICO CONTINUES TO PRODUCE FRESH SE WINDS OVER MOST OF 
THE WESTERN GULF AND GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE NE GULF. 
THIS STABLE PATTERN WILL PERSIST THROUGH MIDWEEK. WINDS IN THE NW
GULF WILL DECREASE WED AND THU AS A WEAK COLD FRONT REACHES THE 
TEXAS COAST THU NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL STALL AND DISSIPATE FRI. 
LIGHT TO MODERATE E TO SE WINDS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE REGION 
FRI AND SAT.

SW N ATLC...
WEAK RIDGE WILL CONTINUE ALONG 30N WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE WINDS 
EXPECTED N OF 27N THROUGH SAT. S OF 27N MODERATE E TRADE WINDS 
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD WITH SEAS AROUND 3-4 
FT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA INCLUDING W OF THE BAHAMAS THROUGH SAT.

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
LIGHT TO MODERATE WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK PRES GRADIENT OVER
THE AREA IS PRODUCING WITH 1-2 SEAS IN THE SW CARIBBEAN AND 3-4 
FT SEAS ELSEWHERE. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED TSTMS FROM A 
SURFACE TROUGH IN THE SW CARIBBEAN WILL SLOWLY MOVE W AND WEAKEN.
OUTER CIRCULATION OF A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRES NE OF THE AREA
NEAR 31N56W WILL PRODUCE LIGHT WINDS N OF 17N IN THE TROPICAL N 
ATLC THROUGH THU.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

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FORECASTER MUNDELL