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AGXX40 KNHC 021618
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1220 PM EDT WED MAY 02 2007

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
HIGH PRES EXTENDS FROM THE WESTERN ATLC THROUGH THE CENTRAL GULF 
OF MEXICO. FURTHER W...LOW PRES IS DEEPENING OVER TEXAS. SLY 
FLOW WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY TONIGHT AND INTO THE WEEKEND OVER 
THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO BETWEEN THE HIGH PRES TO THE E AND 
LOW PRES TO THE W. WINDS AND SEAS WILL DIMINISH EARLY NEXT WEEK 
AS THE LOW PRES FILLS AND THE HIGH PRES LIFTS OT THE N. 
MEANWHILE...LIGHT TO MODERATE WINDS WILL PREVAIL OVER THE 
EASTERN AND CENTRAL GULF UNDER DOMINANCE OF HIGH PRES.

CARIBBEAN AND TROP N ATLC...
HIGH PRES TO THE N OF THE AREA WILL MAINTAIN FRESH ELY WINDS 
WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL CARIBBEAN AND TROP N 
ATLC...MAINLY ALONG THE COLOMBIAN AND VENEZUELAN 
COASTS...THROUGH TONIGHT. THE HIGH PRES WILL WEAKEN FRI IN 
RESPONSE TO WEAK TROUGHING TO THE N...ALLOWING THE ELY FLOW TO 
DIMINISH SLIGHTLY OVER MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN. HIGH PRES WILL 
BUILD AGAIN THIS WEEKEND HOWEVER...ALLOWING WINDS TO INCREASE.

SW N ATLC...
A TROUGH OF LOW PRES IS EVIDENT FROM THE WINDWARD PASSAGE N 
THROUGH THE TURKS AND CAICOS...TO A POSITION NEAR 26N72W. LOW 
PRES WILL FORM ALONG THE TROUGH AND SHIFT TO THE NE THROUGH 
FRI...AS THE TROUGH SHIFTS INTO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS. THE TROUGH  
WILL SHIFT INTO THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS AND DISSIPATE SUN...AS HIGH 
PRES BUILDS TO THE N OVER THE WRN ATLC. FRESH NELY FLOW WILL 
FOLLOW BEHIND A WEAK BACKDOOR FRONT OVER THE WATERS N OF THE 
BAHAMAS INTO MON.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN