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AGXX40 KNHC 030509
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EDT WED SEP 3 2008

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

WINDS OVER THE NW GULF OF MEXICO WILL DECREASE TODAY AS THE 
REMNANTS OF GUSTAV WEAKENS AND MOVES FURTHER INLAND. A WEAK 
TROUGH ASSOCIATED WITH REMNANTS OF GUSTAV WILL MOVE INTO THE NW 
GULF TONIGHT THEN DISSIPATE LATE THU NIGHT OR EARLY FRI MORNING.
OTHERWISE WEAK HIGH PRES RIDGING EXTENDING FROM THE 
MID-ATLANTIC/NE U.S. WILL HOLD FOR ANOTHER DAY OR TWO. BY THU 
AND FRI THE FORECAST DEPENDS UPON THE TRACK OF HANNA WINDS COULD 
INCREASE OVER THE EASTERN GULF THU AND FRI.

TROPICAL STORM HANNA IS JUST N OF HAITI WITH MOST OF THE 
CONVECTION TO THE S AND E OF THE STORM CENTER. LATEST ADVISORY
CONTINUES TO BRING HANNA TO THE NW JUST E OF THE BAHAMAS AND 
DEVELOP INTO A HURRICANE BEFORE IT MOVES INLAND NEAR THE SOUTH 
CAROLINA/GEORGIA BORDER LATE FRI. TROPICAL STORM IKE WELL E OF 
THE AREA IS FORECAST TO MOVE TO NEAR 65W BY FRI EVENING AS A 
HURRICANE AND JUST TO THE N OF EASTERN CUBA BY SUN EVENING.

STRONG SW WINDS AND STRONG CONVECTION IS OCCURRING OVER THE N 
CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...ESPECIALLY IN THE WINDWARD PASSAGE 
ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM HANNA. UNUSUAL W WINDS ARE 
OBSERVED WELL S TOWARD THE COAST OF COLOMBIA DUE TO HANNA'S 
LARGE CIRCULATION. HANNA IS FORECAST TO MOVE NW FARTHER 
AWAY FROM THE AREA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS ALLOWING THE 
STRONG WINDS TO DECREASE. E TO SE TRADES WILL EVENTUALLY RESUME 
THIS WEEKEND. TROPICAL STORM IKE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE N PORTION 
OF THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE THU AND FRI THEN E OF THE AREA SAT.
 
WARNINGS...
SUBJECT TO CHANGE BASED ON LATEST NHC ADVISORY

ATLANTIC...
TROPICAL STORM WARNING S OF 26N BETWEEN 71W AND 76W...AMZ080

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.