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AGXX40 KNHC 060452
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EDT WED AUG 6 2008

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

FORMER T.S. EDOUARD IS OVER CENTRAL TEXAS...AND WINDS AND SEAS 
HAVE DECREASED OVER THE NW GULF OF MEXICO. BUOYS CURRENTLY 
INDICATING SLY WINDS AROUND 15 KT NEAR THE TEXAS COAST WITH SEAS 
3 TO 4 FT. HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF TODAY AND 
THU THEN DRIFTS S TO ALONG 25N AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE SE 
U.S. FRI AND SAT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT THROUGH THE 
WEEKEND.

N END OF A TROPICAL WAVE IS APPROACHING THE SOUTHERN BAHAMAS 
WITH A SURFACE TROUGH N OF THE WAVE FROM 27N68W TO 23N71W.
THE WAVE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE W ACROSS THE BAHAMAS THROUGH THU 
WHILE THE TROUGH WILL DISSIPATE LATE TONIGHT. OTHERWISE ATLC 
RIDGE ALONG 29N/30N WILL SHIFT S TO ALONG 25-26N THU THROUGH SAT 
THEN MOVES E AS A TROUGH MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST ON SUN.

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 
CENTRAL CARIBBEAN CURRENTLY ALONG 71W WILL MOVE ACROSS THE 
WESTERN CARIBBEAN THU THROUGH SAT THE W OF THE AREA SUN. NO 
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAVE.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE. 

.FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.