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AGXX40 KNHC 171654
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
150 PM EDT SAT MAR 17 2007

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

UPPER LEVELS...
STRONG LONGWAVE TROUGH OVER THE AREA WITH AN AXIS NEAR 78W WILL 
WEAKEN AND MOVE EAST LEAVING A WEAK TROUGH OVER THE AREA MONDAY.
MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WEAK TROUGH WILL BE OVER THE ATLANTIC 
AREA CENTERED OVER THE BAHAMAS. A RIDGE WILL BUILD OVER THE GULF 
OF MEXICO AND CARIBBEAN.

SURFACE...
COLD FRONT FROM CENTRAL CUBA TO HONDURAS WILL WEAKEN IN THE 
CARIBBEAN AND MOVE TO NEAR 25N65W TO EASTERN HISPANIOLA LATE 
SUNDAY THEN BECOME DIFFUSE MONDAY.  RIDGE WILL BUILD ALONG 
30/31N BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH MONDAY THEN BUILD NORTH OF THE 
AREA TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.  NO OTHER FRONTS WILL AFFECT THE 
AREA. EASTERLY WINDS TO THE SOUTH OF THE RIDGE WILL BE MOSTLY 
CONFINED TO N OF 20N AND BY THURSDAY TO NORTH OF THE CARIBBEAN.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER LL