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AGXX40 KNHC 101710
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
130 PM MON JUL 10 2006

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

SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO CURRENTLY EXTENDS 
FROM NW FLORIDA TO 24N87W. BOTH THE GFS AND THE NAM DRIFT THE 
TROUGH TO THE W INTO THE MIDDLE GULF THIS EVENING...THEN 
DISSIPATES LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY TUE. OTHERWISE WEAK RIDGE 
ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF THROUGH SAT. ELY WINDS 10-15 KTS 
EXPECTED OVER THE SW AND FAR NW GULF THOUGH MID-WEEK...WITH
WINDS 10 KT OR LESS OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE GULF.

ATLC TROUGH IS ALONG 31N79W TO 29N81W...THE TROUGH SHOULD 
DISSIPATE SOMETIME THIS EVENING. HIGH PRES RIDGE E OF THE TROUGH 
WILL REMAIN ALONG 30N/31N THROUGH SAT. ELY WINDS AT 20 KT S OF 
THE RIDGE AXIS...S OF AROUND 26N. THE N END OF A TROPICAL WAVE 
WILL BRUSH THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA LATE THIS WEEK INTO 
THE WEEKEND...AND MAY INCREASE THE WINDS A BIT MORE.

ATLC RIDGE WILL MAINTAIN MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY STRONG TRADES 
OVER THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN. TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 66W CONTINUES 
TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES TO THE W. ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE 
INTO THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE TUE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE E 
CARIBBEAN WED AND CONTINUE TO MOVE W ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN 
THROUGH SAT. THE WAVE WILL INCREASE THE SHOWER AND TSTM ACTIVITY 
AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS