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AGXX40 KNHC 291706
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
106 PM EDT SAT SEP 29 2007

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

UPPER LEVELS...
LARGE RIDGE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE EASTERN UNITED 
STATES WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN OVER THE GULF AND BECOME A MODERATE 
RIDGE OVER THE NORTH GULF COAST TUESDAY THEN WEAKEN TO A WEAK 
RIDGE OVER THE NORTH GULF COAST THURSDAY.

BROAD TROUGH OVER THE ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN THROUGH MONDAY WILL 
BECOME MORE INTENSE OVER THE WEST PART TUESDAY AS A RIDGE BUILDS 
EAST OF 70W. TROUGH WILL THEN SLOWLY WEAKEN THROUGH THURSDAY AS 
BROAD RIDGE FORMS OVER THE ENTIRE AREA.

SURFACE...
KAREN WILL BE OVER THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC 
AREA AND WILL BE SMALL WITH WINDS CONFINED TO MOSTLY NORTH AND 
NORTHEAST OF THE CENTER. 

STRONG NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 KNOTS AND SEAS TO 13 
IN THE ATLANTIC AND 20 TO 25 KT AND SEAS TO 10 FT IN THE GULF OF 
MEXICO EAST OF 92W WILL DEVELOP NORTH OF THE COLD FRONT THROUGH 
TUESDAY THEN WEAKEN TO 15 TO 20 KT OVER THE NORTHWEST PART OF 
THE ATLANTIC AREA WEDNESDAY. MODERATE RIDGE NORTH OF THE AREA 
THURSDAY.  

WINDS OF 20 KNOTS IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL CARIBBEAN WILL DIMINISH 
SOME WITH ONLY OCCASIONALLY ELY WINDS TO 20 KT WITHIN 120 NM OF 
THE SOUTH AMERICAN COAST MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

OTHERWISE WINDS IN THE AREA WILL BE 15 KNOTS OR LESS.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER LL