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AGXX40 KNHC 161714
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
115 PM EDT MON JUL 16 2007

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

UPPER LEVELS...
UPPER TROUGH EXTENDS FROM NEAR 31N59W TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE 
AND CONTINUES TO THE SOUTH CARIBBEAN.  THIS FEATURE IS EXPECTED 
TO SLOWLY WEAKEN TROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD AND MOVE LITTLE.  

TROUGH OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN 
AS A RATHER STRONG MIDDLE LATITUDE SHORTWAVE APPROACHES THE 
NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.

OTHERWISE RIDGE IS OVER THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY.

SURFACE...
RIDGE WILL BE OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA THROUGH 
THURSDAY.  THE RIDGE WILL WEAKEN IN THE GULF OF MEXICO BEGINNING 
FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORTWAVE MOVES OVER 
THE THE NORTHWEST GULF AND ALONG THE NORTH GULF COAST. WINDS 
OVER THE GULF FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL BE LIGHT.

THE STRONGEST WINDS IN THE AREA WILL BE IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL 
CARIBBEAN WITH 20 TO 25 KT EXPECTED AND OCCASIONALLY TO 30 KT 
ALONG THE COAST OF COLOMBIA.
 
WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER LL