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AGXX40 KNHC 040554
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
200 AM EST TUE APR 04 2006

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

UPPER LEVELS...
WEAK TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN PART OF THE ATLANTIC AREA EXTENDS 
SOUTH OVER THE GREATER ANTILLES AND THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN.  THE 
TROUGH WILL BE STATIONARY THROUGH THURSDAY THEN MOVE SLOWLY 
NORTHEAST PASSING OUT OF THE CARIBBEAN BY EARLY FRIDAY THEN EAST 
OF 60W EARLY SATURDAY.  BY SATURDAY BROAD RIDGE WILL BE OVER THE 
AREA.  NO SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVES WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH 
SATURDAY.

SURFACE...
A GENERALLY LIGHT WIND PATTERN OVER THE AREA.  SOUTHERLY WINDS 
OF NEAR 20 KT OVER THE NORTH PART OF THE ATLANTIC AREA TODAY 
WILL MOVE TO NEAR BERMUDA BY TONIGHT THEN PASS EAST OF BERMUDA 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.  NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS OF 20 KT OR MORE NEAR 
THE COAST OF COLOMBIA THROUGH WEDNESDAY.  SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW 
OF 20 KT OVER THE WESTERN GULF WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE 
AND SPREAD TO 90W EARLY THURSDAY THEN INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT 
DURING THURSDAY THEN DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 20 KT DURING FRIDAY.  
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF EARLY SATURDAY AND 
EXTEND FROM FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO SOUTHWEST GULF LATE SATURDAY.  
NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 KT BEHIND THE FRONT WILL DECREASE 
TO LESS THAN 20 KT LATE SATURDAY.  WINDS WILL INCREASE ALONG THE 
NORTH COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA BEGINNING LATE THURSDAY AND OVER 
THE CENTRAL PART OF THE CARIBBEAN DURING FRIDAY AND CONTINUING 
SATURDAY.

OTHERWISE WINDS WILL BE 15 KT OR LESS OVER THE AREA.   

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER LL