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AGXX40 KNHC 090610
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
210 AM EDT THU AUG 9 2007

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
NEARLY STATIONARY 1016 MB HIGH PRES CENTERED NEAR 28N91W IS KEEPING 
WINDS LIGHT OVER THE ENTIRE GULF. LITTLE CHANGE EXPECTED THROUGH MON.

SW N ATLC...
HIGH PRES RIDGE EXTENDS FROM 30N65W TO 27N80W. WINDS ARE GENERALLY 
LIGHT TO MODERATE EXCEPT IN THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS NEAR SURFACE TROUGH 
EXTENDING FROM 26N72W ACROSS HISPANIOLA INTO THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...
WHERE WINDS ARE AROUND 20 KT. ATLANTIC RIDGE WILL REMAIN EAST OF 80W 
AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE LESS THAN NORMAL WITH NO ORGANIZED CYCLONIC 
CIRCULATIONS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROP N ATLC...
TRADE WINDS IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN ARE CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN THE
WESTERN HALF. QUIKSCAT SHOWS 15-20 KT WINDS E OF 72W AND LESS THAN 10
KT ELSEWHERE...THE RESULT OF A SURGE IN THE TRADES BEHIND A TROUGH IN
THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN FROM HISPANIOLA TO 12N69W. THIS WIND PATTERN
PROPAGATES WESTWARD OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. STRONGER ELY TRADES WILL 
SPREAD INTO THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN FRI AND SAT AS HIGH PRES BUILDS N 
OF THE AREA.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER MUNDELL