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AGXX40 KNHC 251657
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 PM EDT SUN MAR 25 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 SLIGHTLY WED AND THU AND 
BELOW 20 KT BY FRI. THE RIDGE WILL MOVE EWD AND THE SLY WINDS 
INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KT OVER THE NW GULF MON THROUGH THU. WIND 
DECREASE ON FRI AS A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE NW GULF.

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 THE WINDS DECREASE FROM N TO S. THE RIDGE WEAKENS THU 
AND FRI AND WINDS DECREASE TO BELOW 20 KT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.

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...THEN PICK 
UP NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA FRI. 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 THEN DECREASE 
SLIGHTLY THU AND FRI.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS