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AGXX40 KNHC 101859
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
200 PM EST SAT MAR 10 2007

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

A TROUGH NE OF THE BAHAMAS ANCHORED BY A WEAK LOW 1012 MB NEAR 27N70W
MOVING SLOWLY NE WILL ACCELERATE TONIGHT AS SHORTWAVE EXITING THE SE 
US PUSHES IT NE. A LARGE HIGH TO THE N EXTENDS OVER THE NRN PORTION 
OF THE REGION BEHIND AN OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY ALONG 27-28N. SPOTTY NE 
WINDS 25 TO 30 KT ARE EVIDENT N OF THE BOUNDARY AND GALE CONDITIONS 
EXPECTED TO BE OCCURRING AT THIS TIME NE OF THE LOW AS THE PRESSURE 
GRADIENT TIGHTENS AHEAD OF THE LOW. ELSEWHERE...GULF WINDS ARE LIGHT 
AS WELL AS NW CARIB WINDS. S CENTRAL PORTION STILL AT 20 KT AS WELL 
AS TROP ATLC WATERS.

TOMORROW THE ATLC LOW EXITS THE AREA. STRONGEST WINDS ARE N OF 27N 
BETWEEN 58W AND 62W AT 25 TO 30 KT BUT BELOW GALE. W OF 65W N WINDS 
TO 15 KT AND GULF WINDS REMAIN LIGHT TO MODERATE. CARIB WINDS 15 TO 
20 KT. ATLC E OF 50W WINDS INCREASE WITH A FAIRLY STRONG RIDGE UNDER 
THE STRONG WARM RIDGE ALOFT OVER THE ERN ATLC. MONDAY A WEAK TROUGH 
WILL PERSIST FROM 31N56W TO 20N70W SEPARATING A POLAR AIRMASS OVER 
THE SE CONUS AND A SUBTROPICAL RIDGE E OF 50W. STRONGEST WINDS N OF 
25N E OF 50W BUT DECREASING SOME. OTHERWISE MOSTLY MODERATE WINDS 
REMAINDER OF REGION. 

TUESDAY SLY FLOW OVER THE WRN GULF INCREASING SLOWLY AS SURFACE 
PRESSURES FALL SLOWLY OVER ERN TX. MOSTLY MODERATE WINDS REMAINDER 
OF THE REGION. WEDNESDAY SLY RETURN FLOW DECREASES W OF 90W. NE AND 
E WINDS S OF 24N BETWEEN 60W AND 80W INCREASE TO 20 KT THANKS TO 
HIGH PRESSURE TO THE N. THURSDAY WINDS LIGHTEN UP CONSIDERABLY IN 
THE GULF AND ELSEWHERE WINDS AND SEAS DIMINISH AS WELL...WITH VERY 
FEW AREAS APPROACHING 20 KT OR 8 FT.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
GALE NE QUADRANT OF LOW NEAR 27N70W. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER MUNDELL