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AGXX40 KNHC 141715
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
115 PM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008

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

UPPER LEVELS...
RIDGE RUNS FROM LESSER ANTILLES TO THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO 
WITH A TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ATLANTIC AREA AND 
THE SOUTHEAST U.S. THERE IS A WEAKNESS IN THE RIDGE ACROSS THE 
WESTERN CARIBBEAN WHICH WILL DRIFT WEST BEGINNING SUNDAY AND BE 
A WEAK TROUGH OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO FROM THE SOUTHEAST U.S. TO 
THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC. THE TROUGH WILL STRENGTHEN SOME 
TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

SURFACE...
RIDGE WILL BE ALONG 25N AND STRENGTHEN SLIGHTLY THROUGH MONDAY 
THEN CHANGE LITTLE THROUGH THURSDAY. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT...LESS 
THAN 15 KNOTS...OVER MOST OF THE AREA. ONE EXCEPTION WILL BE 
THE TRADES...MAINLY IN THE CARIBBEAN WHICH WILL INCREASE AS THE 
RIDGE BUILDS THEN CHANGE LITTLE. ANOTHER EXCEPTION IS THE 
NORTHERN PART OF THE ATLANTIC AREA WHERE WESTERLY WINDS NORTH OF 
THE RIDGE WILL INCREASE TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY 
THEN DECREASE SOME THURSDAY. THIS IS DUE TO THE PASSAGE OF A LOW 
WELL NORTH OF THE AREA.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

.FORECASTER LL. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.