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AGXX40 KNHC 111726
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
130 PM MON SEP 11 2006

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

UPPER LEVELS...
TROUGH ASSOCIATED WITH FLORENCE OVER THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE 
ATLANTIC AREA WILL MOVE NORTH WITH FLORENCE LEAVING A WEAK 
TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE ATLANTIC AREA THROUGH FRIDAY 
WHEN IT WILL WEAKEN AS A RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA.

A FAIRLY STRONG MID LATITUDE SHORTWAVE WILL PASS ACROSS THE 
NORTH GULF AND ADJACENT COAST BEGINNING OVER THE NORTHWEST PART 
WEDNESDAY AND REACHING FLORIDA THURSDAY THEN MOVE NORTHEAST OF 
THE AREA FRIDAY.  RIDGE ALONG 25N SATURDAY.  

SURFACE...
FLORENCE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE AREA WITH LINGERING 
SWELLS THROUGH THURSDAY.

TD SEVEN IS FORECAST TO BECOME A TROPICAL STORM THIS EVENING AND 
TO AFFECT THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC WATERS 
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND TO RECURVE EAST OF THE SOUTHWEST NORTH 
ATLANTIC AREA.

TRADES OF NEAR 20 KT ALONG THE SOUTH AMERICAN COAST THROUGH THE 
PERIOD.  THE ATLANTIC TRADES ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE FRIDAY AS 
A RIDGE BUILDS BEHIND TD SEVEN...HOWEVER THE GFS DOES NOT DEPICT 
TD SEVEN WELL YET AND THE INCREASE IN TRADES MAY NOT OCCUR AS 
THE MODEL INDICATES.  OTHERWISE A LIGHT WIND PATTERN OVER THE 
AREA.  

THE GFS FORECASTS A TROPICAL SYSTEM...NOT TD SEVEN...TO APPROACH 
THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC AREA SATURDAY.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
TROPICAL STORM WARNING N OF 20N E OF 60W...AMZ087.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE. 

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER LL