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AGXX40 KNHC 061717
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 AM THU JUL 06 2006

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

PRES PATTERN REMAINS VERY WEAK ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO WITH 
LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE 
GULF COAST FRI THEN DISSIPATE SAT. HIGH PRES RIDGE ALONG 25N/26N 
WILL DRIFT NWD TO 28N/29N SUN THROUGH TUE. WINDS PICK UP SOME...
AROUND 15 KT...OVER THE WESTERN GULF EARLY NEXT WEEK. OTHERWISE 
LITTLE CHANGE TO THE CURRENT FORECAST EXPECTED.

ATLC RIDGE FROM 30N65W TO 26N80W COMBINED WITH AN APPROACHING 
COLD FRONT PRODUCING SW WINDS 15 TO 20 KT OVER THE N PORTION OF 
THE FORECAST AREA...BASICALLY N OF 28N W OF 75W. THE FRONT WILL 
MOVE OFF THE COAST FRI EXTENDING FROM 31N76W TO 29N81W FRI 
AFTERNOON. THEN WEAKENING FROM 31N74W TO CENTRAL COAST OF 
FLORIDA SAT AND BECOME STATIONARY THEN DISSIPATE SUN. THE RIDGE 
MOVES N TO 30N/31N SUN THROUGH TUE.

WITH STRONG ATLC RIDGE IN PLACE GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO 
CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY FRI. THE RIDGE WEAKENS SLIGHTLY FRI 
AFTERNOON WITH THE APPROACHING FRONT. HOWEVER WINDS WILL REMAIN 
STRONG ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREAS S OF 20N. A RATHER STRONG 
TROPICAL WAVE MOVES INTO THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE SAT AND INTO THE 
EASTERN CARIBBEAN SUN AND MON AND INTO THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN ON 
TUE. THE WAVE SHOULD INCREASE THE SHOWER AND TSTM ACTIVITY AS IT 
MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
GALE WARNING FROM 11N TO 15N BETWEEN 72W TO 77W TONIGHT AND 
FRI...AMZ084 AND AMZ086.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN