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AGXX40 KNHC 060725 CCA
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION...
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
230 AM WED SEP 06 2006

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

SW N ATLC...
SURFACE RIDGE AXIS EXTENDS FROM 28N65W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA DRIFT 
N OVER THROUGH THU THEN FORCED E BY FRONTAL TROUGH OFF SE CONUS 
COAST.  THROUGH INCREASE SW WINDS W OF 76W WED THEN DECREASE AS 
TROUGH LIFTS NE LATE THU.  MODERATE TRADES S OF 23N DECREASE 
OVER NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS N.  

NE WINDS INCREASE FRI AHEAD OF TROPICAL STORM OR POSSIBLY 
HURRICANE FLORENCE...STILL WELL E OF REGION...BUT EXPECTED TO 
MOVE NW CLOSER TO 65W SAT.  CURRENT FORECAST HAS FLORENCE 
IMPACTING SW N ATLC BASIN AS FULL FLEDGE HURRICANE.

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
STRENGTH OF ATLC RIDGE MAINTAINS STRONG TRADES ACROSS S HALF OF 
BASIN.  WINDS DECREASE TONIGHT AS RIDGE DRIFTS N AWAY FROM 
REGION.  TROPICAL WAVES AT 763W AND 78W MOVING W AT 15 KT REMAIN 
UNDER DRY AIR MASS WITH LITTLE SIGNIFICANT ASSOCIATED 
CONVECTION. 

FLORENCE CROSSES THROUGH NE CORNER OF TROPICAL N ATLC AS STRONG 
TROPICAL STORM THU AND FRI.

GULF OF MEXICO...
WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY FROM W FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO SE TEXAS COAST 
INCREASING NE WINDS W OF 95W BUT DIE QUICKLY AS RIDGE REBUILDS 
OVER GULF AND LIGHT WINDS AND SEAS RETURN OVER ENTIRE AREA 
THROUGH REMAINDER OF FORECAST AND OUTLOOK PERIOD.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE. 

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER WALLY BARNES