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AGXX40 KNHC 020515
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
115 AM EDT WED APR 2 2008

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

UPPER LEVELS...
BROAD FLAT CONTOUR PATTERN OVER THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY. 
FRIDAY A SHORTWAVE WILL APPROACH THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO 
COAST AND MOVE OFF THE COAST FRIDAY NIGHT. THE SHORTWAVE WILL 
MOVE ACROSS THE NORTH GULF AND WEAKEN AND BY SUNDAY A BROAD 
TROUGH WILL BE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO NORTH OF 22N WITH A BROAD 
RIDGE ELSEWHERE.

SURFACE...
COLD FRONT MOVE OFF THE EAST U.S. COAST TODAY AND BECOME 
STATIONARY NEAR 30N TONIGHT THEN MOVE BACK NORTH THURSDAY. 
STRONG HIGH CENTERED NORTHEAST OF THE AREA NEAR 32N54W WITH A 
RIDGE TO NORTH FLORIDA. THE RIDGE WILL WEAKEN AS THE COLD FRONT 
MOVES NEAR THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE ATLANTIC AREA. THURSDAY THE 
RIDGE WILL STRENGTHEN WITH INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW OVER THE 
GULF OF MEXICO IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE OFF THE 
TEXAS COAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON. COLD FRONT WILL REACH THE CENTRAL 
GULF EARLY SATURDAY AND BEGIN TO WEAKEN BECOMING DIFFUSE SUNDAY. 
ON SUNDAY A BROAD RIDGE WILL BE ACROSS THE AREA WITH AN AXIS 
ALONG 27N.

ABOVE NORMAL TRADES WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE PERIOD EAST OF 75W.
SEAS OF UP TO 15 FT WILL AFFECT THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC AREA AND 
SLOWLY SUBSIDE TO NEAR 12 FT SUNDAY. THESE SWELL WILL ALSO 
IMPACT THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN THROUGH THE ATLANTIC PASSAGES.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER LL