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AGXX40 KNHC 131715
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 PM EDT THU SEP 13 2007

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

TROPICAL STORM HUMBERTO IS CURRENTLY INLAND OVER SW LOUISIANA.
THE LATEST ADVISORY INDICATED THAT TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
DID NOT REACH INTO THE WATERS. BUOYS INDICATING THAT WINDS ARE
DECREASING RAPIDLY. AS HUMBERTO MOVES N IT WILL DRAG A TROUGH
ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF FRI. A COLD FRONT WILL MERGE WITH
THE TROUGH BY SAT NIGHT EXTENDING FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO 
BROWNSVILLE TEXAS. LATEST GFS RUN INCREASES THE NE WINDS W OF
THE FRONT TO 15-20 KT. THE FRONT WEAKENS MON THEN DISSIPATES
TUE.

ATLC RIDGE CONTINUES AROUND 30N/31N THROUGH SAT THEN N OF 31N
SUN. THE RIDGE WEAKENS AND MOVES E AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES
THE SE U.S. COAST. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N77W TO CENTRAL
FLORIDA MON AND BECOME STATIONARY. WINDS WILL REMAIN 15 KT OR
LESS THROUGH TUE.

LATEST NHC ADVISORY BRINGS T.D. EIGHT INTO THE TROPICAL ATLC
ZONE SUN AS A 40 KT TROPICAL STORM. SO WILL HEADLINE 
APPROPRIATELY.  STRONG TRADES IN THE SW CARIBBEAN WILL SLOWLY
DECREASE FRI EVENING. THE TRADES BECOME LIGHT OVER THE WEEKEND
WITH A WEAKENED ATLC RIDGE. 
 
WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO... 
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS