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AGXX40 KNHC 190810
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
410 AM EDT TUE AUG 19 2008

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

TROPICAL STORM FAY IS APPROACHING THE SW FLORIDA COAST NEAR
NAPLES POSSIBLY TO MOVE INLAND DURING THE NEXT 3 TO 6 HOURS. 
WIND SPEEDS ARE 50 KT WITH GUSTS TO 60 KT. FAY WAS BEING 
FORECAST POSSIBLY TO BECOME A HURRICANE BEFORE LANDFALL.
NO ONE POINT IN THE FORECAST SHOWS FAY TO REACH HURRICANE WINDS. 
THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY WAS WRITTEN TO INDICATE THE POSSIBILITY 
OF BECOMING A HURRICANE BEFORE LANDFALL. EXPECT WINDS TO BE 
STILL A STRONG TROPICAL STORM AT LEAST OVER SOUTH FLORIDA AND 
THEN GRADUALLY THE SAME CONDITIONS FOR THE REST OF THE STATE 
FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AS FAY IN ANY FORM MOVES NORTHWARD. WINDS 
AND SEAS SHOULD SUBSIDE IN THE WATERS FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AS FAY 
MOVES NORTHWARD AND MORE INLAND. FAY MAY EMERGE OVER THE WATERS 
AGAIN ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF FLORIDA MAKING COASTAL WATERS IN
A TROPICAL STORM WATCH OR WARNING SITUATION DURING THE NEXT FEW
DAYS. NUMEROUS RAINSHOWERS AND SQUALLS ARE IN THE COASTAL WATERS
FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO INTO THE ATLANTIC WATERS
OFF THE FLORIDA EAST COAST. THIS PRECIPITATION PATTERN ALSO WILL
MOVE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE STORM.

THE CARIBBEAN SEA SOUTH OF 14N/15N WEST OF 70W WILL SEE NE WINDS 
20 KT STARTING TODAY UNTIL FRI WITH SEAS FROM 5 TO 7 FT.

THE WINDS AND SEAS WILL PICK UP IN THE TROPICAL NORTH ATLANTIC
OCEAN ON WED NIGHT TO 20 KT AND SEAS FROM 8 TO 11 FT WITH THE 
ARRIVAL OF THE NEXT TROPICAL WAVE. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO
25 KT ON THU AND FRI WITH SEAS FROM 8 TO 11 FT AGAIN. WINDS AND 
SEAS WILL BE SIMILAR ON SAT ALSO.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
TROPICAL STORM WARNING W OF 79W...AMZ080.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
TROPICAL STORM WARNING E OF 83W...GMZ086. 

.FORECASTER MT. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.