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AGXX40 KNHC 151717
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
115 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008

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

UPPER LEVELS...
BROAD WEAK TROUGH RUNS ALONG THE EAST UNITED STATES COAST TO 
ACROSS THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA AND THE YUCATAN CHANNEL AND 
SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO AND NORTHERN CENTRAL AMERICA. ELSEWHERE 
BROAD WEAK RIDGE PREVAILS. THE TROUGH WILL MOVE WEST AND BE OVER 
THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES AND THE GULF OF MEXICO TO JUST WEST 
OF THE ISTHMUS OF TEHUANTEPEC ON MONDAY. THIS PATTERN WILL 
CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY WITH THE TROUGH STRENGTHENING SLIGHTLY. 
A SHORTWAVE TROUGH WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS SLIGHT 
STRENGTHENING. THE SHORTWAVE WILL BE OVER THE NORTHWEST GULF 
LATE WEDNESDAY AND NORTH FLORIDA LATE THURSDAY AND OVER THE 
ATLANTIC AREA FRIDAY.

SURFACE...
AS THE UPPER TROUGH MOVES WEST THE SURFACE RIDGE WILL BUILD 
NORTH OF THE CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLANTIC WITH INCREASING 
WINDS IN THESE AREAS THROUGH MONDAY. THE RIDGE MOVES SOUTH AS 
THE SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA KEEPING 
THE TRADE WINDS ABOVE NORMAL IN THE CARIBBEAN AND THE TROPICAL 
ATLANTIC THROUGH FRIDAY. THE SHORTWAVE WILL CAUSE A SURFACE 
TROUGH/COLD FRONT NORTH OF THE AREA WITH INCREASING 
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS IN THE ATLANTIC AREA NORTH OF 27N BEGINNING 
LATE TUESDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY WHEN THE SURFACE 
TROUGH WEAKENS AS THE SHORTWAVE MOVES WELL EAST OF THE AREA.

OTHERWISE WINDS WILL BE LIGHT OVER THE AREA.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

.FORECASTER LL. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.