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AGXX40 KNHC 241700
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2007

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

WEAK PRES PATTERN ACROSS GULF OF MEXICO WITH LIGHT WINDS. 1012 MB 
SFC LOW ANALYZED NEAR MISSISSIPPI DELTA EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE THIS 
EVENING OR TONIGHT AS A HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILDS WESTWARD INTO THE 
NORTHERN GULF. THIS COULD PRODUCE 15 KT SE WINDS IN THE SW GULF LATE 
TONIGHT AND WED. ELSEWHERE LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS..5 TO 10 KT...WILL 
CONTINUE THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.

DISSIPATING SFC TROUGH IN THE NW PORTION OF THE ATLC ZONE FROM 
31N75W TO S FLORIDA. THE TROUGH WILL DISAPPEAR TONIGHT AS THE MID 
ATLC RIDGE BUILDS W ALONG 30N/31N. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT...10 KT 
OR LESS...N OF 23N THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SW OF THE RIDGE AXIS BETWEEN 
11N AND 23N...MODERATE TRADES AROUND 10-15 KT WILL CONTINUE WITH 
LITTLE CHANGE EXCEPT FOR SMALL SHIFTS IN DIRECTION AS THE BENIGN 
TROPICAL WAVES CURRENTLY LOCATED ALONG 51W AND 35W PASS THROUGH.

TRADE WINDS IN THE CARIBBEAN WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AS HIGH PRES 
BUILDS N OF THE AREA. STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE NEAR THE COAST OF 
COLOMBIA. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 25 KT WED NIGHT AND THU... 
THEN PEAK CLOSE TO 30 KT ALONG THE COLOMBIAN COAST SAT...GENERATING 
SEAS UP TO 11 FT FRI THROUGH SUN.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER MUNDELL