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AGXX40 KNHC 090609
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
110 AM EST WED JAN 9 2008
 
MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

UPPER LEVELS...
TROUGH...REALLY A BROAD CYCLONIC CIRCULATION...EAST OF 72W WILL 
CHANGE LITTLE THROUGH FRIDAY THEN WILL WEAKEN SATURDAY AND MOVE 
EAST OF 55W SUNDAY.  RIDGE CENTERED OVER SOUTHERN MEXICO AND 
NORTHERN CENTRAL AMERICA EXTENDS NORTHEAST TO OVER AND BEYOND 
FLORIDA. THE RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN AND MOVE SOUTH AS 
LONGWAVE TROUGH PUSHES WESTERLY WINDS SOUTH OVER THE GULF OF 
MEXICO THROUGH FRIDAY. WESTERLY WINDS WILL DOMINATE NORTH OF 20N 
WEST OF 78W AND NORTH OF 25N EAST OF 78W SUNDAY.

SURFACE...
FRONT OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF WILL STALL TODAY OVER THE 
NORTHWEST GULF AND BECOME DIFFUSE TONIGHT. NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES 
OFF TEXAS COAST THURSDAY AND SLOWLY PROGRESSES ACROSS THE GULF 
THROUGH SUNDAY. OTHERWISE LARGE RIDGE OVER THE ATLANTIC WILL 
DOMINATE THE FLOW.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
GALE WARNING...

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER LL