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AGXX40 KNHC 301709
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 PM TUE MAY 30 2006

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

STRONGEST WINDS IN THE GULF OF MEXICO CONTINUE TO BE W OF AROUND 
95W. THE WINDS SHOULD DECREASE BY WED AS THE RIDGE WEAKENS. 
LIGHT WINDS CONTINUE E OF 90W...WITH BUOYS INDICATING ELY WINDS 
10 KT OR LESS AND 2 FT SEAS. A WEAK FRONT WILL APPROACH THE 
NORTHERN GULF LATE FRI AND BECOME STATIONARY ALONG THE COASTAL 
WATERS FROM THE FLORIDA PENINSULA TO THE N COAST OF TEXAS SAT 
AND SUN. THE PRES PATTERN REMAINS VERY WEAK AND WINDS BECOME 
LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVER THE WEEKEND.

A COUPLE OF TROUGHS REMAIN IN THE ATLC ZONE. ONE FROM 31N75W TO 
24N80W. THIS TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO DRIFT W AND DISSIPATE INLAND 
ON WED. THE OTHER TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE AREA 
FROM 26N65W TO E CUBA. A LOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG THE 
TROUGH WED. THE GFS IS STRONGEST AND FURTHEREST TO THE W WITH 
THE LOW WHILE THE NAM AND NOGAPS ARE WEAKER AND TO THE N AND E 
OF THE GFS. THE NOGAPS MOVES THE LOW E OF THE AREA BY EARLY THU 
AND THE GFS AND NAM MOVE IT NE OF THE AREA THU NIGHT. HIGH PRES 
RIDGE BUILDS ALONG 24N/25N FRI AND SAT. A VERY WEAK COLD FRONT 
BRUSHES THE FAR N PORTION LATE SAT AND SUN.

15 TO 20 KT TRADES ARE CONFINED TO A SMALL PORTION OF THE S 
CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE
BY THU. THE GFS HAS BACKED OFF IN DEVELOPING A TROUGH IN THE SW 
CARIBBEAN FRI AND SAT. OTHERWISE LITTLE CHANGE THROUGH THE 
PERIOD.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS