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AGXX40 KNHC 070551
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007

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

A STATIONARY HIGH PRES RIDGE IN THE NRN GULF OF MEXICO ALONG 27N/28N
WILL PERSIST THROUGH SAT WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS IN THE NRN 
GULF AND MODERATE E WINDS IN THE SRN GULF THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

STATIONARY SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDING FROM 31N70W TO 25N85W WILL 
BECOME DIFFUSE AND DISSIPATE LATER TODAY. A RIDGE WILL BUILD W ALONG 
29N/30N TUE NIGHT THROUGH FRI. NRN PORTION OF TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY
ALONG 70W WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS WED AND THROUGH THE 
STRAITS OF FLORIDA THU NIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KT E 
OF THE WAVE TUE NIGHT AND WED THEN DECREASE THU. OTHERWISE MOSTLY 
LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE AREA.

TRADE WINDS IN THE CARIBBEAN ARE LIGHTER THAN NORMAL. SLIGHT INCREASE
IN WINDS LIKELY THU IN E CARIBBEAN AS A TROPICAL WAVE MOVES INTO THE 
AREA. TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY ALONG 70W MOVES INTO W CARIBBEAN THU 
AND W OF THE AREA SAT.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER MUNDELL