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AGXX40 KNHC 050500
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 AM SAT AUG 05 2006

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

TROPICAL DEPRESSION CHRIS NEAR THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS AND FORECAST 
TO MOVE INTO CUBA THIS EVENING AND IF IT HOLDS TOGETHER WILL 
MOVE INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. HOWEVER CHRIS DOES NOT LOOK VERY 
HEALTHY AT THIS TIME AND IF IT DOES MOVE OVER CUBA IT WILL 
POSSIBLY WEAKEN EVEN FURTHER.

OTHERWISE ATLC RIDGE ALONG 28N WILL DRIFT N TO AROUND 30N BY WED.
EASTERLY TRADE WINDS S OF 25N ARE THE ONLY SIGNIFICANT WINDS 
OTHER THAN THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH CHRIS.

WITH THE ATLC RIDGE IN PLACE RATHER BRISK TRADES ACROSS THE 
CARIBBEAN...EXCEPT THE NW CARIBBEAN WHERE WINDS WILL BE 10 TO 15 
KT. TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 52W WILL MOVE INTO THE TROPICAL ATLC 
ZONE LATER TODAY AND INTO THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN TONIGHT INTO MON 
AND CONTINUE TO MOVE W THROUGH WED.

.WARNINGS...

ATLC...NONE.

CARIBBEAN...NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...NONE.

FORECASTER DGS