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AGXX40 KNHC 091737
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
140 PM WED AUG 09 2006

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

UPPER LEVELS...
MODERATE MIDDLE AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER TEXAS WILL DRIFT WEST 
AND WEAKEN. MIDDLE AND UPPER LOW OVER EAST GULF OF MEXICO WILL 
MOVE WEST AND REACH THE SOUTHEAST TEXAS AND NORTHEAST MEXICAN 
COAST FRIDAY.  WEAK RIDGE OVER ATLANTIC AREA ALONG 25N WILL 
WEAKEN FURTHER AS A MIDDLE LATITUDE TROUGH DEVELOPS SOUTHWARD 
OVER THE AREA.  BY MONDAY A MODERATE RIDGE WHICH DEVELOPS IN THE 
LEE OF THE MIDDLE LATITUDE TROUGH IS OVER THE SOUTHEAST U.S. 
WITH A WEAK TROUGH OVER THE ATLANTIC.  THE TROUGH IS WEAK BUT IT 
IS UNUSUALLY STRONG FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR AT THESE LATITUDES.

SURFACE...
MODERATE TRADE WINDS IN THE CARIBBEAN MOSTLY EAST OF 80W AND THE 
ATLANTIC MAINLY SOUTH OF 22N THROUGH FRIDAY WILL WEAKEN AS THE 
RIDGE OVER THE ATLANTIC WEAKENS.  THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL 
ACCOMPANY THE TROPICAL WAVE THAT IS MOVING THROUGH THE TROPICAL 
ATLANTIC THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  THE POSSIBILITY THAT A LOW 
WILL REDEVELOP IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS WAVE.  AN AIRCRAFT IS 
DUE TO INVESTIGATE THIS SYSTEM THIS AFTERNOON.

.WARNINGS...

ATLC...NONE.

CARIBBEAN...NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...NONE.

FORECASTER LL