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AGXX40 KNHC 221753
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1253 PM EST TUE JAN 22 2008
 
MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

UPPER LEVELS...
BROAD RIDGE SOUTH OF 25N AND BROAD WESTERLY FLOW NORTH OF 25N 
THROUGH THURSDAY. SHORTWAVE TROUGH PASS ACROSS THE NORTH AND  
NORTHEAST PART OF THE SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLANTIC THURSDAY THROUGH 
FRIDAY WITH HIGH CENTER OVER THE SOUTH GULF OF MEXICO. THE 
TROUGH WILL CONTINUE EAST AND THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXPAND WITH 
LARGE HIGH OVER THE AREA SUNDAY.  

SURFACE...
WEAKENING RIDGE NORTH OF THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN 
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER RIDGE WILL BUILD EAST OVER THE 
EASTERN U.S. THURSDAY WITH STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING NORTH OF A 
COLD FRONT AND NORTH OF 26N EAST OF THE FRONT. THE RIDGE WILL 
MOVE EAST ALONG 35N OVER THE ATLANTIC AND DOMINATE THE FLOW OVER 
THE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY. 

STRONG TRADES IN THE CARIBBEAN ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST OF 
COLOMBIA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.


WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER LL