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AGXX40 KNHC 071653
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1250 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2007

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
HIGH PRES 1018 MB IS CENTERED NEAR 27N89W. THIS IS KEEPING WINDS 
LIGHT OVER MOST OF THE GULF WATERS. THE EXCEPTION IS THE BAY OF 
CAMPECHE AND TEXAS COAST...WHERE MODERATE SE EVIDENT ON QUIKSCAT 
IMAGERY AND BUOY DATA...BETWEEN THE HIGH PRES TO THE NE AND 
TROUGHING TO THE SW. LITTLE CHANGE IS ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE 
WEEKEND.

SW N ATLC...
A WEAKENING TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 31N71W THROUGH NRN ANDROS ISLAND IN 
THE BAHAMAS. MODERATE SWLY WINDS ARE EVIDENT IN QUIKSCAT DATA JUST 
AHEAD OF THE TROUGH...BUT GENERALLY LIGHT FLOW PREVAILS ELSEWHERE. 
THE TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE OVERNIGHT...ALLOWING HIGH PRES 
TO BUILD W ALONG ROUGHLY 26N. WINDS WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY TONIGHT  
THROUGH FRI S OF 23N ACROSS THE SRN BAHAMAS AND TURKS/CAICOS 
ISLANDS...BETWEEN THE BUILDING RIDGE AND A TROPICAL WAVE IN THE 
CARIBBEAN.

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROP N ATLC...
TROUGHING TO THE N OF THE AREA IS MAINTAINING ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE 
FLOW ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN THIS AFTERNOON. MORNING QUIKSCAT IMAGERY 
SHOWED MODERATE TO FRESH WINDS E OF THE WINDWARD ISLANDS...S OF HIGH 
PRES CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL ATLC. ELY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS 
THE ERN AND CENTRAL CARIBBEAN THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AS THE HIGH PRES 
BUILDS TO THE N OF THE AREA.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN