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AGXX40 KNHC 101722
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EST MON DEC 10 2007

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

ATLC RIDGE CONTINUES TO FUNNEL STRONG ELY WINDS THROUGH THE
STRAITS OF FLORIDA. THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THU THEN
DECREASE LATE THU THROUGH SAT. SLY WINDS 15-20 KT WILL PICK UP 
TONIGHT OVER THE FAR NW GULF. THE WINDS DECREASE AS A WEAK COLD 
FRONT APPROACHES THE TEXAS COAST. HIGH PRES IS FORECAST TO 
STRENGTHEN OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS SAT WHICH LEADS TO 
INCREASING NE WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT SAT.

RIDGE JUST N OF THE AREA IN THE ATLC COUPLED WITH TROUGH OVER 
THE LESSER ANTILLES ALONG 62W...IS PRODUCING GALE FORCE WINDS IN 
THE SE PORTION OF THE ATLC ZONE FROM 19N-23N E OF 70W. A WEAK 
1010 MB LOW HAS DEVELOPED ALONG THE TROUGH NEAR 18N62W. THE 
WINDS SHOULD DECREASE BELOW GALE FORCE LATER TUE. THE TROUGH 
WEAKENS AS IT MOVES W ACROSS THE BAHAMAS...HOWEVER THE GRADIENT 
BETWEEN THE RIDGE AND THE TROUGH REMAINS STRONG ENOUGH TO 
SUPPORT 20-25 KT WINDS S OF 25N/26N THROUGH THU THEN DECREASE 
FRI AND SAT.

TROUGH MOVING INTO THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN...WITH THE STRONGEST
WINDS REMAINING ON THE E SIDE OF THE TROUGH. THE TROUGH WILL
BE NEAR HISPANIOLA TUE THEN MOVE INTO THE WESTERN GULF AND
WEAK A LITTLE WED AND THU THEN WEAKEN EVEN FURTHER OVER
THE NW CARIBBEAN FRI AND SAT.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...GALE AMZ087 AND AMZ080.
   

CARIBBEAN...
NONE. 

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS