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AGXX40 KNHC 041648
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 PM EDT SAT AUG 4 2007

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

HIGH PRES ACROSS THE NE  GULF OF MEXICO WITH THE RIDGE AXIS 
ROUGHLY AROUND 27N/28N. THE HIGH WILL SLOWLY DRIFT W INTO THE 
MIDDLE AND NW PORTIONS OF THE AREA BY TUE. SLY 10-15 KT WINDS 
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE FAR W GULF...BUT WILL DECREASE TO 10 KT 
OR LESS AS THE HIGH MOVES W.

THE ATLC RIDGE IS ALONG 27N/28N...COMBINED WITH A TROUGH JUST N 
OF THE AREA IS PROVIDING ENOUGH GRADIENT FOR SW WINDS 15-20 KT  
OVER THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE AREA. AS THE STRONG TROPICAL WAVE 
IN THE NW CARIBBEAN CONTINUES TO MOVE WWD THE WINDS ACROSS THE 
SOUTHERN BAHAMAS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE. ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE 
WILL MOVE INTO THE SE PORTION OF THE AREA ON TUE...THEN ACROSS
THE BAHAMAS WED AND THU. THE WAVE SHOULD INCREASE THE SHOWER
ACTIVITY AS IT MOVES THROUGH.

THE STRONG TROPICAL WAVE IN NW CARIBBEAN IS ALONG 85W AND SHOULD 
MOVE W OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS/TSTMS 
CONTINUE WITH THE WAVE BUT WILL DECREASE AS THE WAVE MOVES WWD.
THE TRADES HAVE DECREASED ACROSS THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN AND 
WILL DECREASE A LITTLE MORE AS THE ATLC HIGH WEAKENS. TROPICAL 
WAVE IN THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE WILL MOVE INTO THE E CARIBBEAN
AND CONTINUE TO MOVE W INTO THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN BY TUE AND 
INTO THE W CARIBBEAN WED AND THU.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS