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AGXX40 KNHC 040446
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EDT MON AUG 4 2008

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

T.S. EDOUARD IN THE IN THE N CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO IS FORECAST 
TO TRACK WNW TODAY AND TONIGHT AND APPROACH THE 
HOUSTON/GALVESTON AREA EARLY TUE. WILL LIKELY HAVE TROPICAL 
STORM WARNINGS FOR THE NW PORTION OF THE MIDDLE GULF ZONE AND 
THE N PORTION OF THE NW GULF ZONE...OF COURSE THIS WILL ALL
BE BASED ON THE 09Z ADVISORY. OTHERWISE MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS 
ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AS HIGH PRES BUILDS 
ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF WED AND THU THEN SHIFTS S ON FRI.

ATLC RIDGE ALONG 28N WILL DRIFT N TO ALONG 29-30N TUE THROUGH THU
THEN SHIFT S TO ALONG 25-26N FRI. TROPICAL WAVE WILL APPROACH 
THE SE PORTION OF THE AREA TUE. A 1012 MB SURFACE LOW IS 
ANALYZED ALONG THE TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY NEAR 19N54W. MODELS 
DO NOT INDICATE A LOW AS IT MOVES INTO THE AREA...BUT LATEST 
FORECAST PACKAGE MENTIONS THE LOW MOVING INTO THE AREA SO WILL 
CONTINUE WITH THE CURRENT WORDING. WINDS INCREASE WITH THE WAVE 
AS IT MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS WED THEN WEAKEN AND MOVE W 
OF THE AREA FRI.

MODERATE TO STRONG TRADES ACROSS THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN 
GENERALLY S OF 17N AND E 10-15 KT N OF 17N. TROPICAL WAVE 
CURRENTLY ALONG 54W WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE 
TODAY THEN CROSS THE WINDWARD ISLANDS TONIGHT AND INTO THE E 
CARIBBEAN TUE THEN WEAKEN AS IT MOVES INTO THE CENTRAL AND 
WESTERN CARIBBEAN WED THROUGH FRI.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
TROPICAL STORM WARNING MIDDLE AND NW GULF ZONES GMZ080 AND 
GMZ084. 

.FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.