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AGXX40 KNHC 081751
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 PM EST SAT DEC 08 2007

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

RIDGE ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WITH 15-20 KT E-SE
WINDS OVER ALL BUT THE NE GULF. THESE CONDITIONS AREA EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK THEN DECREASE AS
A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE NW GULF THU. THE FRONT WILL
EXTEND FROM NEAR MOBILE ALABAMA TO THE N COAST OF MEXICO NEAR
22N97W THU AFTERNOON. NO STRONG WINDS EXPECTED WITH THE FRONT
AS THE WINDS SHIFT TO THE NE 10-15 KT BEHIND THE FRONT.

ATLC HIGH N OF THE AREA IS STRENGTHENING AND WINDS ARE PICKING
UP ACROSS THE S PORTION OF THE AREA. WINDS SHOULD INCREASE TO
20-25 KT S OF 25N TONIGHT AND 15-20 KT FROM 25N-28N AND LESS
THEN 20 KT N OF 28N. A WWD MOVING TROUGH MOVES INTO THE SE ATLC
ZONE SUN NIGHT...THIS COMBINED WITH THE HIGH TO THE N FURTHER
INCREASE THE WINDS TO AROUND 30 KT THROUGH TUE. THE TROUGH
MOVES INTO THE BAHAMAS WED AND E OF THE AREA THU.

WITH STRENGTHENING ATLC HIGH THE TRADE WINDS ARE INCREASING 
ACROSS MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN. QSCAT PASS FROM EARLIER THIS 
MORNING INDICATED WINDS 20-25 KT E OF AROUND 80W AND 15-20 KT W 
OF 80W. ABOVE MENTIONED TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN 
CARIBBEAN SUN NIGHT WITH DECREASING WINDS E OF THE TROUGH AXIS. 
THE TROUGH MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN TUE AND INTO THE
WESTERN CARIBBEAN WED AND THU.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.   

CARIBBEAN...
NONE. 

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS