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AGXX40 KNHC 281824
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
230 PM EDT SUN SEP 28 2008

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

BROAD AREA OF LOW PRES OVER ERN YUCATAN PENINSULA HAS FRONTAL 
BOUNDARY EXTENDING INTO CENTRAL FLORIDA.  LOW PRES SHOULD EMERGE 
INTO S CENTRAL GULF THEN PROCEED NE ALONG BOUNDARY WITH STRONG 
WINDS WITHIN 120 NM OF CENTER AND MODERATE NE WINDS ELSEWHERE N 
OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY.  LOW PRES CROSSES FLORIDA PENINSULA OUT 
OF AREA TUE LEAVING LIGHT N FLOW ACROSS ENTIRE GULF.  WEAK COLD 
FRONT ENTER N GULF WATERS WED AND MOVES OUT OF BASIN THU.

SUBSIDING N SWELLS STILL LINGER OVER SW N ATLC BASIN N OF 27N 
BUT SHOULD BECOME A NON-ISSUE BY LATE MON.  HIGH PRES RIDGE 
CENTERED AT 29N77W WHICH HAS LIGHTENED WINDS N OF 26N WILL GIVE 
WAY TO LOW PRES EMERGING OUT OF FLORIDA TUE INCREASING S-SW WIND
N OF 25N AND WITH NUMEROUS TSTMS.  LOW PRES MOVES NE OUT OF AREA 
WED BUT STRONG SW WINDS KEEP AFFECTING NE CORNER OF BASIN 
THROUGH FRI.

FORMATION OF LOW PRES CENTER OVER YUCATAN PENINSULA LITERALLY 
FLATTENS PRES GRADIENT OVER WRN CARIBBEAN MAINTAINING LIGHT TO 
MODERATE E WINDS THROUGH ENTIRE FORECAST PERIOD.  MODERATE NE 
SWELLS AFFECT TRPCL ATLC N OF 15N MON AND TUE SUBSIDING BY THU. 

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.