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AGXX40 KNHC 260710
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION         
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
310 AM EDT THU MAR 26 2009

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

UPPER LEVELS...
LONGWAVE UPPER TROUGH EAST OF 70W WILL MOVE EAST PASSING EAST OF 
60W FRIDAY AND EAST OF 55W SATURDAY. ANOTHER BROAD TROUGH IS 
WEST OF 92W AND WILL MOVE EAST TO A POSITION WEST OF 85W FRIDAY 
THEN INTENSIFY WEST OF 85W SATURDAY THEN WEAKEN SOME WEST OF 78W 
SUNDAY. BY MONDAY A LARGE RIDGE WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE 
WESTERN CARIBBEAN WITH BROAD SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW OVER THE GULF OF 
MEXICO. 

SURFACE...
RIDGE OVER THE WESTERN ATLC WITH AN AXIS ALONG 75W WILL MOVE 
EAST TO ALONG 65W SATURDAY AND REMAIN STATIONARY THROUGH SUNDAY 
THEN MOVE EAST TO 60W MONDAY. STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF 
TEXAS COAST LATE FRIDAY WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF GALE FORCE WINDS 
BEHIND THE FRONT FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. HAVE GALE CONDITIONS 
MENTIONED IN THE SOUTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO AREA BUT GFS MODEL 
ALSO INDICATES GALES NORTH OF 25N. SO BRIEF PERIOD OF GALES MAY 
BE NEEDED FOR THE NW GULF IF MODEL RUNS CONTINUE TO FORECAST 
GALES FORCE WINDS.

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER LL. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.