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AGXX40 KNHC 030630
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
230 AM EDT WED JUN 03 2009

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

UPPER LEVELS...
DEEP LAYER TROUGH IS OVER THE WEST HALF OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. 
ELSEWHERE THERE IS A BROAD FLAT HEIGHT PATTERN. THE TROUGH WILL 
MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH TODAY 
THEN BEGIN TO STRENGTHEN OVER THE CENTRAL AND EAST GULF OF 
MEXICO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. BY SATURDAY A WELL DEFINED TROUGH 
WILL BE OVER THE EAST GULF OF MEXICO AND EXTEND SOUTH TO CUBA 
AND WEAKLY OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN. SUNDAY THE TROUGH WILL 
WEAKEN OVER FLORIDA. ELSEWHERE THE BROAD FLAT HEIGHT PATTERN 
WILL CONTINUE.

SURFACE
RIDGE ALONG 30N ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WILL WEAKEN FROM THE WEST 
AS TROUGH OVER TEXAS MOVES EAST ACROSS THE NORTH GULF OF MEXICO. 
A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE UPPER TEXAS COAST THURSDAY 
AND BY FRIDAY EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE SOUTH 
TEXAS COAST. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN FRIDAY AND DRIFT NORTH TO THE 
NORTH GULF OF MEXICO COAST. BY SATURDAY RIDGE ALONG 28N WILL 
EXTEND ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. THIS PATTERN WILL CONTINUE 
THROUGH SUNDAY.

TRADES OF 20 KNOTS OR MORE ARE MOSTLY CONFINED TO SOUTH OF 17N. 
TRADES WILL REACH TO NEAR 30 KT IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL CARIBBEAN 
NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA.

WARNINGS

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

FORECASTER LL. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.