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MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
115 PM SUN AUG 27 2006

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

HIGH PRES RIDGE REMAINS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. THE 
RIDGE COMBINED WITH LOWER PRES OVER TEXAS HAS INCREASED THE SLY 
WINDS OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO...GENERALLY AROUND 15 TO 
20 KT. OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA.
WINDS WILL START TO INCREASE OVER THE FAR SE PORTION OF THE GULF 
LATE MON NIGHT AS HURRICANE ERNESTO APPROACHES THE AREA. THE 
LATEST ADVISORY BRINGS ERNESTO INTO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TUE 
AND INTO THE SE GULF OFF THE COAST OF SW FLORIDA WED THEN NEAR 
TAMPA BAY THU.

ELY WINDS HAVE INCREASED OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE ATLC 
ZONE AS HURRICANE ERNESTO MOVES ACROSS THE N CENTRAL CARIBBEAN 
JUST S OF HAITI. THE LATEST ADVISORY BRINGS TROPICAL STORM FORCE 
WINDS INTO THE ATLC BY EARLY MON. ERNESTO IS FORECAST TO MOVE
OFF THE COAST OF CUBA TUE AS A HURRICANE...WITH TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS LINGERING ACROSS THE FAR SW PORTION OF THE AREA INTO 
EARLY WED. ERNESTO IS THEN EXPECTED TO RE-EMERGE OFF THE NE 
COAST OF FLORIDA AS A TROPICAL STORM FRI.

HURRICANE ERNESTO LOCATED JUST SE OF HAITI WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE 
TO THE NW AND MOVE INLAND OVER CUBA MON AND REMAIN OVER CUBA 
THROUGH EARLY TUE. LATEST ADVISORY KEEP TROPICAL STORM WIND RADII
IN THE NW CARIBBEAN THROUGH EARLY TUE...THEN N OF THE AREA WED. 
WINDS AND SEAS WILL SLY DECREASE ON WED AND THU. OTHERWISE 
TRADES WILL REMAIN LIGHT THROUGH MID WEEK THE PICK UP BY THE END 
OF THE WEEK.


.WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
TROPICAL STORM WARNING S OF 22N BETWEEN 74W-78W...AMZ088.

CARIBBEAN...
HURRICANE WARNING N OF 17N BETWEEN 73W-81W...AMZ086

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS