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AGXX40 KNHC 091725
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
130 PM SUN JUL 09 2006

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

UPPER LEVELS...
STRONG TROUGH OVER EASTERN U.S. COAST EXTENDS SOUTH OVER FLORIDA 
AND THE WESTERN PART OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA.  THE TROUGH WILL 
WEAKEN OVER FLORIDA AND DRIFT WEST SOUTH OF FLORIDA REACHING THE 
SOUTHWEST PART OF THE GULF OF MEXICO TUESDAY AND OVER MEXICO 
THURSDAY.  BY THURSDAY RIDGE WILL BE OVER MOST OF THE AREA 
EXCEPT FOR A TROUGH OVER THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC AREA EAST OF 60W.
LATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY A BROAD TROUGH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE 
WESTERN CARIBBEAN.  NO UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL HAVE A DIRECT 
IMPACT ON THE SURFACE WINDS BUT WILL BE MORE DIRECTLY RELATED TO 
THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONVECTION WITHIN THE TROUGH REGIONS.  UPPER 
LOW NORTH OF PUERTO RICO AND HISPANIOLA IS FORECAST TO MOVE 
NORTH AND WEAKEN AND BY TUESDAY BE ONLY A WEAK TROUGH.

SURFACE...
RIDGE WITH AN AXIS JUST NORTH OF THE AREA BETWEEN 31N AND 35W 
AND CENTERED MAINLY OVER THE ATLANTIC AREA IS THE MAIN FEATURE 
THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD...THAT IS THROUGH FRIDAY.  RIDGE 
WILL GRADUALLY STRENGTHEN AND EXTEND WESTWARD THROUGH WEDNESDAY 
THE WEAKEN SOME AND RETRACT EASTWARD WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE TRADES OF THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC 
AND THE CARIBBEAN.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER LL