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AGXX40 KNHC 181829
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
300 PM EDT MON MAY 18 2009

STATIONARY FRONT FROM TAMPA BAY TO 25N88W TO WESTERN YUCATAN 
PENINSULA. THE FRONT WILL DISSIPATE LATER TONIGHT. MODELS 
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP A LOW PRES OVER CUBA AND MOVE IT INTO THE 
STRAITS OF FLORIDA LATE TUE. THE GFS DEVELOPS TWO LOWS THE ONE 
THAT MOVES INTO THE STRAITS THEN CURVES OFF TO THE WNW TOWARD 
THE MIDDLE GULF OF MEXICO AND WEAKENS. THE ATLC LOW MOVES ACROSS 
THE BAHAMAS AND THEN EVENTUALLY TO THE W INTO N FLORIDA THU 
WHERE IT DISSIPATES. GALE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NE 
GULF WED. THEN BELOW GALE FORCE THU.

ATLC STATIONARY FRONT FROM 31N77W TO 29N81W. NE WINDS ARE 
EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25-35 KT NW OF THE FRONT LATER THIS 
EVENING. THE GFS DEVELOPS A LOW OVER THE SE BAHAMAS EARLY TUE. 
THE LOW THEN MOVES N JUST E OF THE BAHAMAS THROUGH WED NIGHT 
THEN INTO NE FLORIDA EARLY THU THEN DISSIPATES. WILL CONTINUE 
GALE FORCE WINDS N OF THE LOW THROUGH WED NIGHT. WINDS COME DOWN 
THU AND FRI THEN LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE THE ENTIRE AREA BY SUN.

LIGHT TRADES CONTINUE ACROSS THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN...WITH 15 TO 
20 KT WINDS E OF 75W AS THE SUBTROPICAL RIDGE HAS BEEN DISRUPTED 
BY THE LOW IN THE CENTRAL N ATLC AND THE THE TROUGHING OVER THE 
N CENTRAL CARIBBEAN. EXPECT THESE CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH 
THE WEEKEND.

WARNINGS
ATLC...
.GALE WARNING N OF 27N W OF 75W...AMZ080.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.