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AGXX40 KNHC 241813
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
115 PM EST SUN FEB 24 2008

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

UPPER LEVELS...
LARGE RIDGE IS OVER THE AREA ALONG 20N. WESTERLY FLOW IS NORTH 
OF 25N. SHORTWAVE OVER GEORGIA COAST WILL MOVE EAST OF BERMUDA 
MONDAY NIGHT BUT HAVE LITTLE EFFECT ON THE OVERALL PATTERN. 
ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES 
TUESDAY AND BE REINFORCED WITH A NORTHERN BRANCH SHORTWAVE 
WEDNESDAY AND FORM A DEEP TROUGH OVER THE AREA NORTH OF 20N WITH 
AN AXIS ALONG 82W BY LATE WEDNESDAY. THE SHORTWAVE WILL PROGRESS 
EASTWARD BUT LEAVE THE RIDGE FURTHER SOUTH ALONG 15N WITH BROAD 
WESTERLY FLOW NORTH OF 22N BY FRIDAY.

SURFACE...
THE FIRST SHORTWAVE MENTIONED ABOVE WILL PRODUCE A LOW OFF THE 
SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES COAST TONIGHT WHICH WILL TRACK EAST AND 
PASS EAST OF BERMUDA MONDAY NIGHT. THE LOW WILL TRACK JUST NORTH 
OF THE AREA WITH RESULTING WESTERLY WINDS CONFINED TO THE 
ATLANTIC AND TO NORTH OF 27N OR 28N.  THE SECOND SHORTWAVE WILL 
HAVE A LARGER EFFECT. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST 
MONDAY NIGHT AND TRACK EAST TO NEAR 31N78W AND ACROSS SOUTH 
FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA BY TUESDAY NIGHT AND TO NEAR 
31N67W ACROSS EAST CENTRAL CUBA TO THE GULF OF HONDURAS BY WED 
NIGHT AND TO NEAR 25N65W TO HAITI AND BECOMING INDISTINCT IN THE 
CARIBBEAN THURSDAY NIGHT AND BE EAST OF THE AREA BY LATE FRIDAY.
STRONG WINDS WILL PRECEDE THE FRONT AND BE CONFINED TO MOSTLY 
NORTH OF 25N. STRONG WINDS WILL PREVAIL EVERYWHERE BEHIND THE 
FRONT WITH GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHWEST GULF OF 
MEXICO LATE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. BY FRIDAY HIGH WILL BE 
CENTERED ALONG THE EAST UNITED STATES COAST WITH SOUTHERLY 
RETURN FLOW IN THE WESTERN GULF BEGINNING THURSDAY.

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER LL