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AGXX40 KNHC 080611
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION        
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT FRI MAY O8 2009
 
MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

A 1018 MB HIGH PRES IN THE GULF OF MEXICO IS CENTERED JUST NW OF 
TAMPA BAY NEAR 28N84W...WITH RIDGE ALONG 28N TO THE TEXAS COAST.
THE RIDGE WILL REMAIN ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF THROUGH SUN THEN 
WEAKEN AS A FRONT MOVES INTO THE FAR NORTHERN GULF LATE MON...
THEN ALONG 28N/29N TUE. SLY WINDS 15-20 KT ACROSS THE NW GULF
TODAY THROUGH SAT WILL DECREASE SUN AS THE RIDGE WEAKENS. 
OTHERWISE THE REMAINDER OF THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL HAVE MOSTLY
LIGHT WINDS.

SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN ATLC FROM THE BAHAMAS TO EASTERN
CUBA...FROM 27N76W TO 20N76W WILL DISSIPATE LATER TODAY. THERE 
ARE A FEW SHOWERS WITHIN 120 NM E OF THE TROUGH AXIS N OF 24N.
RIDGE WILL BUILD ALONG 27N/28N AS THE TROUGH DISSIPATES LATER
TODAY AND REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THE RIDGE WILL 
MOVE E MON AS A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE SE U.S. COAST. 
THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N75W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA ON TUE. ELY
WINDS 15-20 KT S OF AROUND 24N THROUGH EARLY SUN THEN DECREASE 
AS THE RIDGES WEAKENS AND MOVES E.

TRADES IN THE CARIBBEAN IN THE 15-20 KT RANGE AREA GENERALLY E 
OF 75W WILL INCREASE TO 25 KT NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA AS THE 
ATLC RIDGE STRENGTHENS OVER THE WEEKEND. ELY WINDS 10-15 KT ARE
EXPECTED ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE CARIBBEAN...WITH LITTLE
CHANGE THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

ATLC...
.NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.