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AGXX40 KNHC 270606
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
215 AM EDT SAT SEP 27 2008

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

TROPICAL STORM KYLE HAS BECOME SLIGHTLY BETTER ORGANIZED WITH 
THE LATEST INFRARED SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATING A DEEP 
CONVECTIVE BAND OVER THE E SEMICIRCLE. THE FORWARD SPEED HAS 
INCREASED TO ABOUT 13 KT AND KYLE IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A 
HURRICANE LATER TODAY. BY SUNDAY KYLE WILL BE WELL N OF THE 
DISCUSSION AREA. THE HIGHEST SEAS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 28 
FEET...BASED ON THE GFDL VERSION OF THE NOAA WAVEWATCH 3 
MODEL...AND THE 12 FOOT SEAS RADII EXTEND OUT TO ABOUT 360 NM 
OVER THE NE QUADRANT.

A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS CENTERED IN THE VICINITY OF 
NORTHERN BELIZE EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS AREA IS EXPECTED TO 
MEANDER OVER THE YUCATAN PENINSULA FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO AND 
EMERGE OVER WATER IN THE S CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO. FROM THERE IT 
WILL DRIFT N OR NE WITH MODERATE N WINDS DEVELOPING OVER THE W 
HALF OF THE GULF. LIGHT TO MODERATE EASTERLY WINDS OF NO HIGHER 
THAN 20 KT ARE FORECAST OVER THE CARIBBEAN.
 
WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
.HURRICANE WARNING N OF 27N BETWEEN 65W AND 69W...AMZ080

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER CAB. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.