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AGXX40 KNHC 071703
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 PM EDT MON MAY 07 2007

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

A BACK DOOR COLD MOVED INTO THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO OVER 
NIGHT AND EXTENDS FROM THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA NW TO NEW ORLEANS. 
THE FRONT WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE TONIGHT. HOWEVER RATHER BRISK 
NE TO E WINDS CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE GULF TONIGHT...THEN 
DECREASE TUE AS WEAK HIGH PRES MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN GULF. 
VERY WEAK PRES PATTERN ACROSS THE AREA BY THE END OF THE WEEK 
WITH MOSTLY LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS.

STRONG STORM CENTER JUST N OF THE AREA...IS FORECAST TO MOVE S 
OF 31N BY THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS CONTINUE TO BE N OF 
THE LOW HOWEVER COULD SEE SOME STORM FORCE WINDS S OF 31N...SO 
WILL CONTINUE WITH TRENDS OF CURRENT FORECAST WITH STORM WARNING 
FOR TONIGHT. THE LOW WEAKENS TUE NIGHT AND WINDS DECREASE TO 
BELOW GALE FORCE. THE LOW WEAKENS FURTHER WED NIGHT AND THU AND 
DISSIPATES FRI AND SAT.

WITH THE STORM SYSTEM N OVER THE ATLC IN PLACE OF THE NORMAL 
SUBTROPICAL RIDGE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS TRADES WILL BE LIGHTER 
THAN NORMAL ACROSS MOST OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC AND CARIBBEAN 
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SE CARIBBEAN WHERE 15-20 KT WINDS 
REMAIN.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
STORM WARNING...N OF 30N BETWEEN 75W AND 79W.
GALE WARNING...N OF 28N W OF 74W.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS