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AGXX40 KNHC 201652
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 PM EDT WED AUG 20 2008

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

STILL HAVE AN AREA OF STRONG NLY WINDS OVER THE FAR NE GULF OF 
MEXICO ASSOCIATED WITH T.S. FAY WHICH IS CURRENTLY ALONG THE E 
COAST OF FLORIDA. THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK BRINGS FAY BACK 
INLAND OVER N FLORIDA THU AND THU NIGHT THEN WEAKENS FAY TO A 
TROPICAL DEPRESSION OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE FRI THEN 
CONTINUES TO MOVE WNW AS A REMNANT LOW ACROSS THE FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE INTO SOUTHERN ALABAMA SAT THROUGH MON. AS FAY MOVES 
WWD THE STRONG WINDS CONTINUE IN THE NE GULF AND SPREAD INTO THE 
MIDDLE GULF BY FRI NIGHT THROUGH SUN THEN THE WINDS GRADUALLY 
DECREASE ON MON. OTHERWISE WINDS ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE 
GULF WILL BE LIGHT.

TROPICAL STORM WARNINGS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE 
ATLC ZONE...N OF AROUND 27N W OF 78W. LATEST NHC WIND RADII 
FORECAST KEEPS TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OVER THE AREA THROUGH 
THU NIGHT. WINDS FINALLY SUBSIDE SAT AS FAY MOVES FURTHER W.
A TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE INTO THE SE PORTION OF THE AREA SAT 
THEN ACROSS THE BAHAMAS SUN AND MON. SE WINDS INCREASE TO 15-20 
KT E OF THE WAVE SAT INTO EARLY SUN THEN DECREASE LATE SUN AND 
MON.

TRADES ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN REMAIN MUCH LIGHTER THEN NORMAL. THE 
ONLY 20 KT WINDS BEING CONFINED TO THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. 
TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE INTO THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC ZONE THU   
THEN INTO THE E CARIBBEAN FRI THEN ACROSS THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN 
SAT AND SUN AND INTO THE W CARIBBEAN MON. 

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...AMZ080
TROPICAL STORM WARNING N OF 27N W OF 78W. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.