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AGXX40 KNHC 151702
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 PM EDT TUE APR 15 2008

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

UPPER LEVELS...
STRONG SHORTWAVE TROUGH NORTH OF 20N ALONG 80W. TROUGH WILL MOVE 
EAST REACHING 70W MIDDAY THURSDAY. TROUGH WILL THEN MOVE 
NORTHEAST PASSING NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA FRIDAY. NEXT SHORTWAVE 
WILL MOVE TO THE TEXAS COAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND MOVE ACROSS 
THE GULF OF MEXICO AND OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC SATURDAY AND 
NEAR 65W LATE SUNDAY. WEAK RIDGE WILL PREVAIL OVER THE CARIBBEAN 
THROUGH SUNDAY.

SURFACE...
LOW WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTH PART OF THE ATLANTIC AREA WITH 
GALE FORCE WINDS WEST OF THE LOW TONIGHT THEN DECREASE TO LESS 
THAN GALE FORCE EARLY WEDNESDAY. LOW WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST 
WITH THE WINDS OF 20 KNOTS OR MORE PASSING NORTHEAST OF BERMUDA 
LATE FRIDAY. THE ASSOCIATED WINDS WILL MOSTLY BE CONFINED TO 
NORTH OF 25N.

RETURN FLOW IN THE WEST GULF WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY THEN DECREASE 
FRIDAY AS A WEAK FRONTAL TROUGH MOVES OFF THE TEXAS COAST AND 
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES. WEAK FRONTAL TROUGH WILL MOVE 
OVER THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE ATLANTIC AREA SUNDAY. RETURN FLOW 
BEGIN AGAIN IN THE WEST GULF LATE SUNDAY.

CARIBBEAN TRADES NEAR NORMAL THROUGH FRIDAY THEN DECREASE SLOWLY 
TO LESS THAN NORMAL BY SUNDAY.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
GALE WARNING N OF 28N W OF 77W...AMZ080. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER LL. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.