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AGXX40 KNHC 050451
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EDT TUE AUG 5 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 NW GULF OF MEXICO IS FORECAST TO 
CONTINUE TO TRACK WNW TODAY AND APPROACH THE HOUSTON/GALVESTON 
AREA THIS AFTERNOON. TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE NW 
GULF ZONE TODAY. THE LATEST ADVISORY HAS TROPICAL STORM FORCE 
WIND RADII INLAND OVER TEXAS BY 00Z TONIGHT OR 7 PM CDT. ANY 
CHANGES TO THE T.S. WARNINGS WILL BE BASED ON THE 09Z NHC 
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 FRI AND SAT.

ATLC RIDGE ALONG 29N/30N THROUGH WED...THEN SHIFT S TO ALONG 
25-26N THU THROUGH SAT. TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY OVER THE 
TROPICAL ATLC ZONE WILL APPROACH THE SE PORTION OF THE AREA 
LATER THIS MORNING. THE LOW THAT HAS BEEN ALONG THE N PORTION OF 
THE WAVE HAS DISSIPATED. WINDS INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KT WITH THE 
WAVE TODAY THEN INTO SOUTHERN BAHAMAS TONIGHT THROUGH WED NIGHT 
THEN WEAKEN AND MOVE W OF THE AREA THU.

MODERATE TO STRONG TRADES ACROSS THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN 
GENERALLY S OF 17N AND E 10-15 KT N OF 17N. TROPICAL WAVE IN THE 
E CARIBBEAN CURRENTLY ALONG 63W WILL MOVE ACROSS THE EASTERN  
CARIBBEAN THEN INTO THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN CARIBBEAN WED 
THROUGH SAT. NO CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAVE
HOWEVER ELY WINDS INCREASE TO 25 KT E OF THE WAVE.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
TROPICAL STORM WARNING NW GULF ZONES GMZ080. 

.FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.