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AGXX40 KNHC 181733
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
115 AM FRI AUG 18 2006

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

TROUGH CONTINUES TO DRIFT VERY SLOWLY W IN THE CENTRAL GULF OF 
MEXICO. THE TROUGH IS CURRENTLY LOCATED FROM THE MOUTH OF 
MISSISSIPPI TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE NEAR 20N93W. THE TROUGH IS 
FORECAST TO DRIFT W INTO THE WESTERN GULF TONIGHT THEN ALONG THE 
TEXAS COAST SAT THE INLAND LATE SAT. HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILD 
ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF E OF THE TROUGH. MODELS BRING A 
TROPICAL THAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE ATLC INTO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE
WED. THE GFS DEVELOPS A LOW WHILE THE NOGAPS KEEPS IT AN OPEN 
WAVE.

A WEAK LOW...1013 MB..HAS DRIFTED S INTO THE AREA NEAR 30N80W.
THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SW AND DISSIPATE INLAND TONIGHT.
OTHERWISE RIDGE ALONG 28N THROUGH WED. WINDS WILL REMAIN 
LIGHT...MOSTLY 15 KT OR LESS...THROUGH MON. ELY WINDS INCREASE 
TO 20 KT S OF AROUND 23N BY TUE AND WED AS N END OF A TROPICAL 
WAVE MOVES THROUGH THE AREA COMBINED WITH STRENGTHENING ATLC 
RIDGE.

TRADES IN THE 15 TO 20 KT RANGE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE 
CARIBBEAN S OF 17N E OF AROUND 80W. WINDS INCREASE EARLY NEXT 
WEEK WITH THE STRENGTHENING ATLC RIDGE AND APPROACHING TROPICAL 
WAVE.

.WARNINGS,

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

FORECASTER DGS