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AGXX40 KNHC 161708
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
110 PM 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 IS NORTH OF ABOUT 23N OVER THE ATLANTIC AREA 
WITH AN AXIS ALONG 72W. TROUGH WILL MOVE EAST AND SLOWLY WEAKEN 
WITH AXIS ALONG 65W MIDDAY FRIDAY. TROUGH WILL LINGER JUST EAST 
OF 65W THROUGH MONDAY. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE OFF TEXAS 
COAST FRIDAY AFTERNOON THEN MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST U.S. 
THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN INTENSIFY SOME AS IT MOVES 
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC AND WILL REACH 65W LATE MONDAY. THE TROUGH 
WILL COMBINE WITH THE LINGERING TROUGH AND BY LATE MONDAY A 
BROAD FULL LATITUDE TROUGH WILL BE EST OF ABOUT 80W WITH A BROAD 
RIDGE WEST OF 80W.

SURFACE...

LOW OFF THE UPPER FLORIDA COAST ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONG 
SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THAN LINGER NORTH OF THE AREA 
THROUGH THURSDAY AND ON FRIDAY THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AWAY 
FROM THE AREA. THE ASSOCIATED 20 KNOT WINDS WILL END OVER THE 
AREA BY EARLY FRIDAY. NORTH OF THE BAHAMAS THE SEAS ASSOCIATED 
WITH THE LOW ARE TO 20 FT AND HIGHER IN THE GULF STREAM. THESE 
SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TO LESS THAN 10 FT FRIDAY. 

COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH SECOND SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE OFF THE 
TEXAS COAST MIDDAY FRIDAY THEN MIDDAY SATURDAY THE WEAK FRONT 
WILL EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO BAY OF CAMPECHE WITH 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KNOTS. 

IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW A RIDGE WILL BE ALONG 30N EXCEPT FOR A 
WEAKNESS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WEAK FRONT IN THE GULF. ON MONDAY 
THE RIDGE WILL STRENGTHEN WITH RETURN FLOW OVER THE WESTERN GULF.
 
WARNINGS...

ATLC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER LL. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.