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AGXX40 KNHC 030457
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EDT SAT MAY 3 2008

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

HIGH OVER THE WESTERN ATLC COMBINED WITH LOW PRES OVER THE 
SOUTHERN PLAINS HAS TIGHTENED THE GRADIENT OVER THE GULF OF 
MEXICO WITH 15-20 KT WINDS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. THE GRADIENT 
WEAKENS ON LATER TODAY AS THE ATLC HIGH MOVES E AND A WEAK COLD 
FRONT APPROACHES THE TEXAS COAST...AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF 
FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO S TEXAS SUN THEN E OF THE AREA MON 
WITH HIGH PRES BUILDING OVER THE NORTHERN GULF TUE. THE HIGH 
WILL MOVE E WED WITH INCREASING SLY WINDS ACROSS THE WESTERN
GULF.

ATLC HIGH PRES...1021 MB...NEAR 31N71W PROVIDING ENOUGH OF A
PRES GRADIENT FOR 15-20 KT WINDS S OF 26N. THE WINDS WILL 
DECREASE SUN AS THE HIGH WEAKENS AND DRIFTS SWD. COLD FRONT WILL 
MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST LATE SUN AND EXTEND FROM 31N77W TO 
29N81W MON AND FROM 31N69W TO NW BAHAMAS TUE THEN WEAKENING FROM 
30N65W TO SOUTHERN BAHAMAS WED. NO SIGNIFICANT WINDS WITH THE 
FRONT.

LIGHT TRADES CONTINUE ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLC
ZONES THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

.FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.