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AGXX40 KNHC 281731
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
130 PM MON AUG 28 2006

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

TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO IS CURRENTLY OVER LAND IN EASTERN CUBA.
LATEST ADVISORY BRINGS ERNESTO OFF THE N COAST OF CUBA EARLY 
TONIGHT THEN INTO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TUE AND TUE NIGHT THEN 
BECOME A HURRICANE BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL OVER S FLORIDA LATE 
TUE NIGHT OR EARLY WED. THE HURRICANE IS FORECAST TO MOVE OFF 
THE CENTRAL FLORIDA ATLC COAST WED NIGHT AND INTO THE NW PORTION 
OF THE ATLC ZONE THU THEN N OF THE AREA FRI. EXCEPT FOR THE 
WINDS AROUND ERNESTO WINDS ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO AND ATLC 
WILL BE MOSTLY LIGHT.

MAY BE ABLE TO DISCONTINUE TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS FOR THE 
CARIBBEAN...AS THE LATEST ADVISORY HAS THE SOUTHERN EXTENT OF 
THE TROPICAL STORM FORCE WIND RADII OVER CUBA. AS ERNESTO MOVES 
TO THE N THE CARIBBEAN WILL ONCE AGAIN BE AFFECTED BY THE ATLC 
RIDGE AND THE TRADES WILL INCREASE TO A MORE TYPICAL 15 TO 20 KT 
RANGE BY LATE TUE OR EARLY WED AND CONTINUE THROUGH SAT.

.WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
AMZ080...TROPICAL STORM WARNING S OF 25N BETWEEN 75W AND 80W.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE. 

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS