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AGXX40 KNHC 041721
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
130 PM FRI AUG 04 2006

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

UPPER LEVELS...
WEAK RIDGE NORTH OF THE AREA WITH MIDDLE LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE 
EAST GULF OF MEXICO AND FLORIDA AND UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER CENTRAL 
FLORIDA AND ANOTHER OVER THE ATLANTIC JUST NORTHEAST OF PUERTO 
RICO.  THE TROUGH AND LOWS WILL MOVE WEST. THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 
TROUGH OVER FLORIDA AND THE EAST GULF WILL REACH THE MEXICAN AND 
TEXAS COAST MONDAY.  THIS TROUGH IS MOVING WEST AHEAD OF THE 
TROPICAL SYSTEM CHRIS.  THE RIDGE WILL BUILD NORTH OF THE AREA 
AS THE ABOVE TROUGH MOVES WEST.  THE RIDGE NORTH OF THE AREA 
WILL WEAKEN NORTH OF THE ATLANTIC AREA BEGINNING MON AND 
CONTINUING THROUGH WED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LONGWAVE TROUGH 
NORTH OF THE ATLANTIC AREA.

SURFACE...
OTHER THAN CHRIS A RIDGE WILL BE ALONG 28N.  INITIALLY IT WILL 
BE WEAK OVER THE GULF AND FLORIDA BUT THE RIDGE WILL BUILD 
WESTWARD BEHIND CHRIS AND THE UPPER TROUGH.  EASTERLY TRADE 
WINDS SOUTH OF 25N ARE THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT WINDS OTHER THAN 
THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH CHRIS.

.WARNINGS...

ATLC...TS WARNING...AMZ080.

CARIBBEAN...NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...NONE.

FORECASTER LL