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AGXX40 KNHC 020505
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 AM WED AUG 02 2006

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

LATEST NHC ADVISORY HAS T.S. CHRIS NEAR 18.3N61.8W MOVING WNW AT 
9 KT WITH MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT.
CHRIS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON A WNW ROUTE AND WILL EXIT THE 
TROPICAL ATLC ZONE AND INTO THE SW ATLC ZONE LATE TONIGHT OR 
EARLY THU. THE STORM IS FORECAST TO BECOME A HURRICANE EARLY THU 
AND MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS NEAR THE N COAST OF CUBA 
AND INTO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA BY SUN NIGHT. OTHERWISE ATLC 
HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL REMAIN ALONG 27N/28N THROUGH FRI AND ALONG 
29N/30N SAT AND SUN.

T.S. CHRIS WILL BRING SOME HIGHER SWELL TO THE NE PORTION OF THE 
CARIBBEAN OTHERWISE BRISK TRADES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE 
CENTRAL CARIBBEAN THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. AS CHRIS 
STRENGTHENS TO A HURRICANE JUST N OF HISPANI0LA AND CUBA WINDS 
WILL LIKELY INCREASE OVER THE NORTHERN CARIBBEAN. ANOTHER 
TROPICAL WAVE WILL INCREASE THE WINDS OVER THE TROPICAL ATLC 
ZONE ON SUN.

HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO 
WITH MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. THE CURRENT TRACK 
BRINGS CHRIS INTO THE FLORIDA STRAITS BY LATE SUN AND LATEST 
FORECAST HEADLINES HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED BY LATE SUN.

.WARNINGS...
ATLC...TS WARNING AMZ087 AND AMZ080.
CARIBBEAN...NONE.
GULF OF MEXICO...NONE.

FORECASTER DGS