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AGXX40 KNHC 280522
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
115 AM EDT MON APR 28 2008

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

UPPER LEVELS...
WEAK RIDGE OVER THE ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN AREAS AND A 
MODERATELY STRONG SHORTWAVE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE PATTERN 
WILL MOVE EAST WITH THE SHORTWAVE AXIS PASSING OVER FLORIDA LATE 
TUESDAY AND BY LATE WEDNESDAY WEAK TROUGH WILL BE OVER THE 
ATLANTIC AREA AND WEAK RIDGE WILL BE OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO 
WITH A BROAD ANTICYCLONE OVER THE CARIBBEAN. PATTERN WILL 
CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND BY FRIDAY THE TROUGH WILL BE EAST OF 
65W WITH A BROAD RIDGE OVER MOST OF THE AREA WITH THE EFFECTS OF 
ANOTHER SHORTWAVE OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE UNITED STATES 
BEING SEEN IN THE FAR NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. 

SURFACE...
STRONG COLD FRONT OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WITH GALE 
WINDS OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN GULF. THE MODEL HAS LESSENED THE 
NORTHERLY FLOW IN THE MOST RECENT RUN AND ONLY SHOWS MINIMAL 
GALE THROUGH TODAY. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN AS IT CROSSES THE 
CENTRAL GULF. THE FRONT WILL PASS EAST OF THE GULF OF MEXICO 
EARLY TUESDAY. THE FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE GEORGIA COAST LATE 
MONDAY AND BY LATE TUESDAY EXTEND FROM NEAR 31N70W TO NEAR THE 
NORTH COAST OF CUBA AT 80W. BY LATE WEDNESDAY THE FRONT WILL 
EXTEND FROM 28N65W TO HAITI AND PASS EAST OF THE AREA BY LATE 
THURSDAY. FRONT WILL HAVE LITTLE IMPACT ON THE WINDS IN THE 
CARIBBEAN BESIDES TURNING THE WINDS OVER THE NORTHWESTERN PART A 
LITTLE MORE NORTHEASTERLY. RIDGE WILL BUILD JUST NORTH OF THE 
AREA BEHIND THE FRONT AND WILL DOMINATE THE FLOW THROUGH FRIDAY. 
WEAK COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE TEXAS COAST LATE FRIDAY.

TRADES IN THE CARIBBEAN WILL BE NEAR TO LESS THAN NORMAL AND 
DECREASE SLIGHTLY THROUGH FRIDAY.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
GALE WARNING S OF 25N W OF 94W TODAY.

.FORECASTER LL. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.