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AGXX40 KNHC 250501
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
130 AM EDT FRI APR 25 2008

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

UPPER LEVELS...
THE PATTERN OF A STRONG TROUGH OVER THE ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN 
AND A RIDGE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED 
STATES WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN WITH WEAK ZONAL FLOW OVER THE AREA 
SUNDAY. SHORTWAVE WILL PASS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES 
SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH A GRADUAL STRENGTHENING OF THE ZONAL 
PATTERN NORTH OF 25N THROUGH TUESDAY.

SURFACE...
BROAD LOW OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE ATLANTIC AREA WITH 
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS OVER THE ATLANTIC AREA BETWEEN 
THE LOW AND A RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. THE LOW 
WILL MOVE EAST AND THE THE NORTHEAST WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO LESS 
THAN 20 KNOTS SATURDAY. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST 
SUNDAY AND REACH FROM NORTH FLORIDA TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE 
MONDAY. WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL REACH TO 30 KNOTS WHEN THE 
FRONT IS OVER THE WEST GULF AND TO 25 KNOTS OVER THE CENTRAL 
GULF AND BY THE TIME THE FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE GULF WINDS WILL 
BE LESS THAN 20 KNOTS. THE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN MONDAY. 
THE FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE GULF LATE MONDAY. THE FRONT WILL 
MOVE OFF THE GEORGIA COAST MONDAY AND BY LATE TUESDAY EXTEND 
FRONT NEAR 31N68W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE. 

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLANTIC TRADES WILL BE LESS THAN NORMAL 
WITH WINDS LESS THAN 20 KNOTS THROUGH SUNDAY THEN MONDAY AND 
TUESDAY ONLY 20 KNOTS NEAR THE COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

.FORECASTER LL. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.