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AGXX40 KNHC 120428
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 AM SAT AUG 12 2006

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

RIDGE OF HIGH PRESS COVERS THE GULF OF MEXICO WITH LATEST BUOY 
REPORTS INDICATING WINDS 10 KT OR LESS E OF 95W AND 10 TO 15 KT 
W OF 95W. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KT IN THE BY OF 
CAMPECHE LATE SUN NIGHT AND MON AS A TROPICAL WAVE MOVES THROUGH 
THE AREA...OTHERWISE LITTLE CHANGE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE 
AREA THROUGH WED.

ATLC RIDGE IS ALONG 25N WITH AN E-W ORIENTED STATIONARY FRONT 
JUST N OF THE AREA. THIS COMBINED WITH THE SUPPRESSED RIDGE 
IS ALLOWING W-SW WINDS TO EXTEND AS FAR S AS 26N. THESE WINDS 
PICK UP TO 20 KT N OF 29N IN AREA OF TIGHTEST PRES GRADIENT. 
FRONT  MOVE SLOWLY SWD TO ALONG 31N LATE SAT AND INTO THE FAR 
NRN PORTION OF THE AREA SUN NIGHT AS A SERIES OF WEAK LOW PRES 
AREAS RIDES ALONG THE FRONT.
   
MODERATE TO STRONG TRADES CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN 
WITH QSCAT INDICATING 20 TO 25 KT WINDS BETWEEN 70W AND 75W. 
OTHERWISE A WEAK TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 73W WILL MOVE INTO THE 
WESTERN CARIBBEAN TODAY AND TONIGHT AND W OF THE AREA BY SUN. 
ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE E OF THE AREA ALONG 50W WILL WILL MOVE 
INTO TROPICAL ATLC ZONE LATE TONIGHT AND SUN THEN INTO THE 
CARIBBEAN MON THROUGH WED.

.WARNINGS...

ATLC...NONE.
CARIBBEAN...NONE.
GULF OF MEXICO...NONE.

FORECASTER DGS