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AGXX40 KNHC 161716
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
130 PM MON OCT 16 2006

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

BROAD STRONG MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE COVER ENTIRE GULF OF MEXICO 
AND WRN CARIBBEAN AS WELL AS MOST OF SW N ATLC EXCEPT EXTREME SE 
CORNER WHERE WEAK STATIONARY FRONT REMAINS AS REFLECTION OF DEEP 
LAYER HIGH AMPLITUDE TROUGH JUST E OF 65W.  RIDGE BRINGS VERY 
DRY AIRMASS TO ENTIRE FORECAST AREA S OF 25N WHILE MOISTURE 
STILL REMAINS N OF 25N IN GULF AND SW N ATLC FROM 72W TO 92W.  

LOW PRES CENTER 995 MB OVER CENTRAL TEXAS CONTINUES TIGHTENING 
GRADIENT OVER GULF OF MEXICO WITH GALE FORCE CONDITIONS VERIFIED 
BY BUOYS...SHIP REPORTS AND SCAT WIND OBS.  CONDITIONS EXTEND 
THRU 00Z TONIGHT AND SUBSIDE BY EARLY TUE.  GRADIENT RELAX AFTER 
LOW PRES CENTER MOVES AWAY AND GULF REMAIN WITH LIGHT WIND AND 
SEAS TILL NEXT COLD FRONT ENTER FORECAST WATERS THU AND FRI. 

CARIBBEAN WINDS CONTINUE BELOW CLIMATIC MEAN AS TROUGH OVER NE 
CARIBBEAN KEEPS PRES GRADIENT RELAXED.  ATLC RIDGE NOT EXPECTED 
TO REBUILD WITHIN OUTLOOK PERIOD SO CARIBBEAN FORECAST KEEP 
LIGHT WINDS THROUGHOUT BASIN. 

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
GALE WARNING GMZ080 AND GMZ084. 

FORECASTER WALLY BARNES