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AGXX40 KNHC 091546
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1145 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...
HIGH PRES 1017 MB IS CENTERED NEAR 28N92W...MAINTAINING 
GENERALLY LIGHT FLOW ACROSS GULF WATERS. WINDS WILL INCREASE 
SLIGHTLY OVER THE BAY OF CAMPECHE FRI INTO SAT AS A WWD MOVING 
TROPICAL WAVE SLIDES TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA. LITTLE CHANGE IS 
EXPECTED ELSEWHERE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

SW N ATLC...
A WEAKENING TROUGH EXTENDING FROM NEAR 27N66W TO THE WINDWARD 
PASSAGE...WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS TONIGHT...AND 
STRAITS OF FLORIDA THROUGH FRI. ASIDE FROM SCATTERED 
SHOWERS...THE TROUGH WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MODERATE TO FRESH E TO 
SE FLOW OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. MEANWHILE...SURFACE RIDGE 
WILL REMAIN GENERALLY ALONG 28N THROUGH SAT. LOOKING 
AHEAD...ANOTHER WEAK TROUGH IS PROGGED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA SUN 
AND MON...AGAIN FOLLOWED BY MODERATE TO FRESH ELY FLOW THROUGH 
THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS. MEANWHILE A WEAK MID LATITUDE TROUGH IS 
STILL EXPECTED TO PUSH OFF THE CAROLINA COAST BY MON. 
HOWEVER...LATEST MODEL RUNS SHOW THIS TO BE A LITTLE WEAKER AND 
FURTHER N THAN BEFORE...THUS ITS IMPACT ON THE DISCUSSION AREA 
WILL LIKELY BE FAIRLY LIMITED.

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROP N ATLC...
TROPICAL WAVE IS CENTERED NEAR 70W...MOVING W INTO THE CENTRAL 
CARIBBEAN AT 10 TO 15 KT. RIDGING BEHIND THIS WAVE IS ALLOWING 
FRESH WINDS ACROSS THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL CARIBBEAN. A 
SECOND WAVE ALONG ROUGHLY 57W WILL MOVING THROUGH THE WINDWARD 
ISLANDS TOMORROW AND INTO THE FAR EASTERN CARIBBEAN. THIS WILL 
MAINTAIN MODERATE TO FRESH ELY FLOW THROUGH THE WEEKEND. 

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER CHRISTENSEN