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AGXX40 KNHC 221907
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
305 PM MON MAY 22 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 NORTH OF 29N EAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO.  A 
RIDGE IS SOUTH OF THE TROUGH AND EXTENDS EAST TO A LINE FROM 
FLORIDA TO THE EAST PART OF YUCATAN PENINSULA AND OVER MOST OF 
CENTRAL AMERICA.  CYCLONIC CIRCULATION IS OVER THE SOUTHWEST 
PART OF THE GULF OF MEXICO.  THE TROUGH WILL WEAKEN BUT EXPEND 
SOUTHWARD AND BY THURSDAY BE OVER THE ATLANTIC AREA NORTH OF 
26N.  THE RIDGE WILL WEAKEN SLIGHTLY AND RETREATS SOUTH AS THE 
TROUGH EXTENDS SOUTH.  THE CIRCULATION OVER THE SOUTHWEST GULF 
OF MEXICO WILL REMAIN STATIONARY BUT WEAKEN BECOMING A TROUGH BY 
THURSDAY.  THE ATLANTIC TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST PASSING EAST OF 
60W FRIDAY.  THE TROUGH OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL ALSO 
CONTINUE TO WEAKEN BECOMING A FLAT PATTERN BY SATURDAY.  THE 
RIDGE WILL REMAIN STATIONARY BUT WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO WEAKEN.  
BY SATURDAY A RATHER FLAT PATTERN WILL PREVAIL OVER THE AREA.

SURFACE...
A RIDGE WILL BASICALLY REMAIN IN PLACE OVER THE AREA FROM NORTH 
OF 26N.  THE STRONGEST WINDS I.E. THOSE OF 20 KNOTS OR MORE WILL 
BE CONFINED TO THE SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE WEST GULF OF MEXICO 
WHICH WILL ONLY MARGINALLY BE 20 KNOTS AND THE CONSISTENT 
TRADES IN THE SOUTH CARIBBEAN. 
 
WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER LL