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AGXX40 KNHC 030613
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
215 AM EDT WED MAY 03 2006

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

UPPER LEVELS...
BROAD TROUGH IS OVER THE ATLANTIC AREA AND A BROAD RIDGE IS OVER 
THE GULF OF MEXICO.  THIS PATTERN WILL STRENGTHEN SLOWLY AND 
DRIFT EAST THROUGH THURSDAY.  ON FRIDAY THE TROUGH WILL MOVE 
EAST OF 60W WITH MOST OF THE AREA UNDER A BROAD ZONAL FLOW.  THE 
BROAD ZONAL FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY.

SURFACE...
LONG LIVED LOW PRESSURE CENTERED NORTH OF THE AREA WILL REMAIN 
NORTH OF THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY THEN MOVE NORTHEAST.  RIDGE 
WILL GRADUALLY FORM ALONG 25N AS THE LOW MOVES AWAY FROM THE 
AREA.  COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF TEXAS COAST SATURDAY NIGHT AND 
MOVE TO FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO BAY OF CAMPECHE BY LATE SUNDAY.

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLANTIC TRADES WILL BE LESS THAN NORMAL 
WITH LITTLE CHANGE THROUGH SUNDAY.  THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE 
NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.  

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER LL