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AGXX40 KNHC 210515
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
115 AM EDT SAT JUN 21 2008

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

UPPER LEVELS...
TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN UNTIED STATES EXTENDS SOUTH OVER THE 
NORTH CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO COAST TO THE ISTHMUS OF 
TEHUANTEPEC. ELSEWHERE RIDGE OVER TEXAS AND MEXICO AND ANOTHER 
RIDGE OVER THE EAST GULF OF MEXICO AND THE CARIBBEAN AND 
ATLANTIC. THE PATTERN WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY THEN THE 
TROUGH WILL WEAKEN AND THE RIDGE WILL MOVE NORTH AND EXTEND 
ACROSS THE AREA ALONG 27N TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

SURFACE...
VERY WEAK RIDGE OVER THE GULF THROUGH WEDNESDAY. RIDGE OVER THE 
ATLANTIC THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS INCREASE OVER 
THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ATLANTIC AREA SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS 
WEAK COLD FRONT PASSES OFF THE UNITED STATES COAST NORTH OF THE 
AREA TUESDAY.

NORMAL TO ABOVE NORMAL TRADES IN THE CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL 
ATLANTIC.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

.FORECASTER LL. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.