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AGXX40 KNHC 171730
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
300 AM THU AUG 17 2006

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

WEAK SURFACE TROUGH REMAINS ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO 
FROM 29N88W TO 1014 MB LOW PRES NEAR 26N87W TO THE BAY OF 
CAMPECHE NEAR 20N92W. THE GFS DISSIPATES THE LOW LATER TONIGHT 
AND DRIFTS THE TROUGH WWD TO THE TEXAS COAST LATE FRI INTO EARLY 
SAT MORNING. RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE EASTERN GULF FRI AND REMAINS 
ACROSS THEN NORTHERN GULF THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. WINDS WILL 
CONTINUE TO BE LIGHT THROUGH TUE.

RIDGE REMAINS ACROSS THE ATLC...IT MEANDERS SOME BUT REMAINS 
ROUGHLY ALONG 28N. QUIKSCAT PASS FROM THIS MORNING INDICATES 20 
KT ELY WINDS JUST N OF HISPANIOLA...HOWEVER THE WINDS SHOULD 
DECREASE FRI AS THE RIDGES WEAKENS. LIGHT WINDS AND CALM SEAS 
ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH TUE...MOSTLY 10 KT OR LESS WITH SEAS 2 
TO 3 FT N OF 25N AND 10 TO 15 KT AND SEAS 3 TO 5 FT S OF 25N.

TROPICAL WAVE IN THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN ALONG 82W MOVING W 10 TO 
15 KT...WITH WITH ONLY ISOLATED CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED 
WITH THE WAVE. OTHERWISE TYPICAL TRADES ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN AND 
TROPICAL ATLC ZONES TO CONTINUE THROUGH TUE.

.WARNINGS,

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

FORECASTER DGS