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AGXX40 KNHC 131704
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 PM SAT MAY 13 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 GULF OF MEXICO AND FLORIDA AND THE 
ATLANTIC WEST OF 70W WITH AN AXIS ALONG 80W.  RIDGE IS EAST OF 
70W. ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROUGH IS A CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER 
THE MIDWEST AND IS DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTHEAST.  THIS MAINTAINS 
THE SAME PATTERN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY.  

SURFACE...
FLAT PRESSURE FIELD WITH ONLY WEAK PRESSURE GRADIENTS IS OVER 
THE AREA.  RIDGE OVER THE ATLANTIC WILL BUILD BEGINNING SUNDAY 
WITH INCREASING TRADES IN THE CARIBBEAN.  COLD FRONT WILL MOVE  
OFF THE TEXAS COAST LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.  THE FRONTAL TROUGH WILL 
MOVE TOWARD THE ATLANTIC AND THIS TOGETHER WITH THE BUILDING 
RIDGE WILL INCREASE SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE ATLANTIC AHEAD OF 
THE FRONT.  MOST OF THE WINDS OF 20 KT OR MORE WILL BE N OF 
25N.  WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BE 20 AND MAY HAVE TO INDICATE 
OCCASIONALLY 25 KT OVER THE WESTERN GULF THEN DECREASE TO 15 TO 
20 KT AS THE FRONT REACHES THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN GULF.  THE 
FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE GEORGIA COAST LATE MONDAY AND BY 
THURSDAY EXTEND FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO EAST CENTRAL CUBA.  FRONT 
WILL ENTER THE NORTHWEST CARIBBEAN WED AND BY LATE THU EXTEND 
FROM EASTERN CUBA TO EASTERN HONDURAS.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER LL