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AGXX40 KNHC 241616
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EDT SAT MAR 24 2007

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

HIGH PRES RIDGE REMAINS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. 
BRISK ELY WINDS THROUGH THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND THE SE GULF
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUE THEN DECREASE WED AND THU. THE RIDGE 
WILL MOVE EWD WED AND THU AND THE SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 
KT OVER THE NW GULF...OTHERWISE WINDS WILL BE 10 TO 15 KT 
THROUGH THE PERIOD.

PERSISTENT RIDGE IN THE ATLC WILL KEEP MODERATE TO STRONG ELY 
WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH TUE. THE RIDGE SHIFTS SWD
WED AND THU AND THE WINDS DECREASE...HOWEVER LARGE ELY SWELL 
WILL CONTINUE.

BROAD LOW PRES OVER COLOMBIA COMBINED WITH ATLC RIDGE WILL 
MAINTAIN MODERATE TRADES ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN E OF AROUND 77W. 
THE WINDS DECREASE TO AROUND 15 KT MON THROUGH THU. THE ATLC 
RIDGE IS ALSO PRODUCING NE TO E WINDS 20 KT OVER THE NW 
CARIBBEAN N OF AROUND 19N W OF 78W AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WED 
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NEWTHEN DECREASE THU.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS