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AGXX40 KNHC 241730
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1230 PM EST SAT JAN 24 2009

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

UPPER LEVELS...
MODERATE WESTERLIES NORTH OF 25N AND BROAD RIDGE SOUTH OF 25N 
THROUGH SUNDAY. RIDGE WILL THEN EXPAND NORTHWARD WITH THE 
WESTERLIES MOVING NORTH OF 29N MONDAY AND NORTH OF 31N TUESDAY 
WITH BROAD RIDGE OVER THE AREA WEST OF ABOUT 80W AND A WEAK 
PATTERN EAST OF 80W. RIDGE WILL CONTRACT SOUTHWARD SOME 
BEGINNING WEDNESDAY WITH MODERATE SOUTHWESTERLIES NORTH OF A 
LINE FROM 31N65W TO NORTHEAST MEXICO BY LATE THURSDAY.

NO SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVES WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY.

SURFACE...
LESS THAN NORMAL TRADES SOUTH OF 25N WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 
NORMAL BY MONDAY AND STRONGER THAN NORMAL TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. 
ON THURSDAY WEAKER THAN NORMAL TRADES WILL BE WEST OF 75W AND 
NEAR TO STRONGER THAN NORMAL EAST OF 75W. 

A WEAK FLOW PATTERN NORTH OF 25N WITH A WEAK RIDGE ALONG 27N 
THROUGH MONDAY. THE RIDGE WILL THEN WEAKEN WITH RIDGE WELL NORTH 
OF THE AREA TUESDAY. RIDGE WILL REBUILD ALONG 27N WEDNESDAY AND 
THURSDAY.

NO STRONG FRONTS WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THURSDAY.

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER LL. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.