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AGXX40 KNHC 120639
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
140 AM EDT MON NOV 12 2007

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

UPPER LEVELS...
BROAD TROUGH OVER THE ATLANTIC AREA EAST OF 80W AND BROAD RIDGE 
OVER THE AREA WEST OF 80W. TROUGH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY 
AND EXTEND FROM EAST OF 85W ON WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. RIDGE 
WILL SLOWLY WEAKEN AND RETRACT WESTWARD THROUGH FRIDAY WITH THE 
CENTER OVER CENTRAL MEXICO BY FRIDAY.

SURFACE...
STRONG RIDGE JUST NORTH OF THE AREA WILL DRIFT SOUTH AND WEAKEN 
SLIGHTLY LYING ALONG 31N TUESDAY AND WEAKEN FURTHER WEDNESDAY 
JUST SOUTH OF 30N. COLD FRONT MOVE OFF THE NORTHWEST GULF OF 
MEXICO COAST EARLY THURSDAY AND BY EARLY FRIDAY EXTEND FROM NEAR 
BERMUDA TO SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND 
BY LATE FRIDAY FRONT WILL HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED EAST OF 65W 
WITH RIDGE NORTH OF THE AREA. MOST OF THE WINDS 20 KNOTS OR MORE 
WILL BE WEST OF THE FRONT HOWEVER ALONG 31N SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL 
APPROACH 20 TO 25 KT IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT.

TRADES NEAR OR A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL WILL WEAKEN TO LESS THAN 
NORMAL BY TUESDAY AND REMAIN LESS THAN NORMAL THROUGH FRIDAY.

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
NONE.   

CARIBBEAN...
NONE. 

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER LL