000
AGXX40 KNHC 220526
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
130 AM EDT WED AUG 22 2007

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

UPPER LEVELS...
WEAK RIDGE ALONG 30N THROUGH THE PERIOD.  TROUGH OVER THE 
SOUTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO ASSOCIATED WITH DEAN WILL MOVE OVER 
MEXICO TODAY AND TONIGHT.  ANOTHER TROUGH OVER THE BAHAMAS AND 
WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL MOVE WEST REACHING FLORIDA TONIGHT AND THE 
EAST GULF OF MEXICO THURSDAY THEN WEAKEN BECOMING DIFFUSE OVER 
THE EAST HALF OF THE GULF BY LATE FRIDAY. WEAK PATTERN OVER THE 
AREA FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

SURFACE...
DEAN OVER THE SOUTHWEST GULF WILL MOVE INLAND LATE TODAY WITH 
WINDS FALLING TO LESS THAN 20 KT THURSDAY.  TROPICAL WAVE OVER 
THE BAHAMAS AND THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WILL MOVE WEST REACHING 
FLORIDA TONIGHT AND WEAKENING OVER THE EAST HALF OF THE GULF OF 
MEXICO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.  WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAVE WILL 
REACH 20 KT WITH NO SURFACE LOW FORECAST TO DEVELOP.  OTHERWISE 
THE MAJOR FEATURE IS A WEAK RIDGE ALONG 30N AND BROAD TROUGH 
OVER NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA.  THE ONLY WINDS OF 20 KT BESIDES 
THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH DEAN ARE THE TRADES IN THE CARIBBEAN.

WARNINGS...
SUBJECT TO CHANGE BASED ON LATEST NHC ADVISORY.

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO... 
HURRICANE WARNING S OF 23N...GMZ082.

FORECASTER LL