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AGXX40 KNHC 060606
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
210 AM EDT MON AUG 6 2007

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

BUILDING HIGH PRES 1020 MB OVER NRN GULF OF MEXICO AT 28N86W HAS 
RIDGE AXIS ALONG 28N MAINTAINING LIGHT WIND FLOW OVER NRN GULF 
AND MODERATE OVER SRN SECTIONS.  STRONG TROPICAL WAVE ENTERING 
BAY OF CAMPECHE TODAY SHOULD TEMPORARILY INCREASE WIND SPEED AND 
SEAS S OF 23N W OF 90W.  ONCE WAVE PASSES W OF AREA WINDS SHOULD 
BECOME LIGHT TO MODERATE THROUGH FORECAST PERIOD.

LOW PRES N OF AREA HAS WEAK STATIONARY TROUGH ACROSS WRN ATLC 
FROM 32N73W TO 26N80W DISSIPATING BY TUE.  RIDGE RE-BUILDS ALONG 
26N LATE TUE AND MOVES N TO 31N BY LATE THU.  TROPICAL WAVE 
ENTERED SE CORNER LAST NIGHT WILL REACH SRN BAHAMAS TUE AND NW 
BAHAMAS WED AND W OF AREA LATE THU. MINOR SURGE IN WIND SPEEDS 
WITHIN 120 NM OF WAVE AXIS EXPECTED...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS OVER 
ENTIRE AREA THROUGH FORECAST PERIOD.  GLOBAL MODELS HAVE 
SUPPORTED THIS SCENARIO DURING LAST SEVERAL DAYS RUN...SO IT IS 
HARD TO CONTRADICT A WINNING COMBINATION.  

DISPLACED CENTRAL ATLC RIDGE KEEP LIGHT TRADES ALONG ENTIRE 
CARIBBEAN THROUGH FRI.  TROPICAL WAVE IN E CARIBBEAN ALONG 66W 
CROSSES CENTRAL CARIBBEAN TUE WRN CARIBBEAN THU AND FRI.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER WALLY BARNES