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AGXX40 KNHC 200542
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
205 AM EDT TUE MAR 20 2007

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

WEAKENED STATIONARY FRONT 22N65W TO N HISPANIOLA SEEMS TO BE 
ONLY FEATURE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PRECIPITATION SINCE REMAINDER 
OF SW N ATLC UNDER HEALTHY HIGH PRES 1033 MB HAS DRIED OUT.  
LACK OF SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE EXTEND INTO CARIBBEAN AND MOST OF 
GULF OF MEXICO E OF 93W.  TROPICAL MOISTURE ADVECTED FROM E PAC 
ACROSS MEXICO INTO WRN GULF REMAIN UNDER ATLC RIDGE EXTENSION 
AND CARRIES LITTLE THREAT OF PRECIPITATION.  

REINFORCED SURFACE RIDGE TO BUILD STRONGER NE WINDS ACROSS SW N 
ATLC TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH DIMINISHING WIND AND SEAS THROUGH 
WED THROUGH FRI.  LINGERING SWELLS LIKELY TO REMAIN E OF BAHAMAS 
THROUGH PERIOD.  

UPPER LEVELS SHOW WEAK LONGWAVE TROUGH ASSOCIATED WITH 
STATIONARY FRONT WITH 85 KT JET CORE DEPARTING FORECAST AREA TO 
THE NE.    

CARIBBEAN...
BRISK TRADES WILL REMAIN THROUGH FORECAST PERIOD AS ATLC RIDGE 
REBUILDS THROUGH WEEK.  LOW PRES 1008 MB OVER COLOMBIA SHOULD 
MAINTAIN HEFTY WINDS ALONG ITS COAST. 

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER WALLY BARNES