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AGXX40 KNHC 031749
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
130 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007

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

NEGATIVELY TILTED UPPER LEVEL TROUGH HAS FORCED REMNANTS OF 
BARRY QUICKLY N OF AREA.  MOST OF SW N ATLC BASIN W OF 73W UNDER 
CYCLONIC AND DRY WIND FLOW.  SHARP MID UPPER LEVEL RIDGE COVER 
REMAINING AREA E OF 73W AND SHOWS ONLY SWATH OF MOISTURE IN 
REGION.  WELL ANCHORED MID AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGE COVER ENTIRE 
CARIBBEAN SEA AND NRN SOUTH AMERICA WITH CREST FLATTENED BY 
LONGWAVE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER SOUTH CONUS.  ZONAL W WINDS 
OVER GULF OF MEXICO SHOW LITTLE SIGNS OF CHANGE AS VERY WEAK 
UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ACROSS CENTRAL PLAINS WILL BRING ZONAL WINDS 
TO ENTIRE SE CONUS TUE AND WED.

SW N ATLC...STRONG WINDS...REMNANTS OF BARRY...QUICKLY 
DIMINISHING AND MOSTLY RESTRICTED TO N OF 29N W OF 73W AS BARRY 
CONTINUES FORCED NE.  WIND PATTERN FOR REMAINDER OF BASIN 
FOLLOWS BUT AT LESSER SPEEDS.  HIGH PRES RIDGE REBUILDS W AS 
BARRY PULLS N AND FLATTENS PRES GRADIENT OVER BASIN EFFECTIVELY 
BRINGING LIGHT NE TRADES FROM WED THRU END OF FORECAST PERIOD. 

CARIBBEAN SEA...REBUILDING HIGH PRES RIDGE NOT SO BENEVOLENT 
WITH CARIBBEAN BASIN AS SRN PERIPHERY OF RIDGE BRINGS TIGHTER 
GRADIENT WITH 1011 LOW PRES NEAR PANAMA INCREASING TRADES TO 
20-25 KT AND BUILDING SEAS OVER 10 FT...MAINLY S OF 15N.  GFS 
BRINGS WIND DOWN BY FRI AS LOW PRES WEAKENS. 

GULF OF MEXICO...MODERATE W WIND NEAR FLORIDA BIG BEND STILL 
ASSOCIATED WITH REMNANTS OF BARRY DIMINISH QUICKLY THIS EVENING 
AND GRADIENT FLATTENS AS HIGH PRES RIDGE REBUILDS ACROSS ENTIRE 
GULF OF MEXICO.  LOW PRES OVER MEXICO WILL TIGHTEN GRADIENT OVER 
WRN PORTIONS OF GULF WITH 15-20 KT EXPECTED W OF 93W.  ELSEWHERE 
WIND TO REMAIN LIGHT WITH LITTLE CHANGE FORECAST BY MODEL 
ENSEMBLE.     

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...NONE.

CARIBBEAN...NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...NONE.

FORECASTER WALLY BARNES