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AGXX40 KNHC 160800
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
330 AM EDT WED APR 16 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 N OF 20N ALONG 80W MOVE E REACHING 70W 
MIDDAY THU.  TROUGH THEN MOVE NE PASSING NE OF BERMUDA FRI.  
NEXT SHORTWAVE MOVE TO TEXAS COAST LATE FRI AND MOVE ACROSS GULF 
OF MEXICO AND OVER WRN ATLC SAT AND REACH 65W LATE SUN.  WEAK 
RIDGE PREVAIL OVER CARIBBEAN THROUGH SUN.

SURFACE...
LOW PRES OVER N PART OF SW N ATLC WITH GALE FORCE WINDS W OF  
CENTER ENDING EARLY TODAY.  LOW PRES MOVE SLOWLY NE WITH 20 KT 
WINDS PASSING NE OF BERMUDA LATE FRI.  STRONG WINDS MOSTLY 
CONFINED TO N OF 25N.

RETURN FLOW IN WRN GULF ALREADY INCREASING THEN MAX OUT FRI AS 
WEAK FRONTAL TROUGH MOVES OFF TEXAS COAST AND PRES GRADIENT 
RELAXES.  TROUGH MOVE OVER NW PART OF ATLC AREA SUN.  RETURN 
FLOW BEGIN AGAIN IN WRN GULF LATE SUN.

CARIBBEAN TRADES NEAR NORMAL THROUGH FRI THEN DECREASE SLOWLY 
TO LESS THAN NORMAL BY SUN.

WARNINGS...

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

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.