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AGXX40 KNHC 160747
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
350 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2009

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
WELL ANCHORED HIGH PRES 1016 MB REMAINS AS MAIN AND ONLY FEATURE 
ACROSS GULF REGION PRODUCING GENTLE TO MODERATE BREEZE WITH SEAS 
BELOW 4 FT OVER E HALF OF GULF.  FRESH S RETURN FLOW ALONG SE 
TEXAS COAST OF AREA W OF 95W.  NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES EXPECTED 
THROUGH FRI AS RIDGE REMAINS STEADILY ACROSS NORTHERN GULF 
WATERS.  FARTHER SOUTH...FRESH E WINDS OVER SW PORTION OF GULF 
REGION WITHIN 120 NM OF YUCATAN W COAST IN EVENINGS WITH 
EXPECTED PASSAGE THU AND FRI OF TROPICAL WAVE MENTIONED BELOW.  
SURFACE TROUGH CURRENTLY JUST OVER CARIBBEAN COAST OF YUCATAN 
MOVE ACROSS PENINSULA TONIGHT INTO BAY OF CAMPECHE LATE TUE AND 
WED.

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W...
TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 80W MOVE W AT 15 KT REACHING 86W WED AND 
OVER YUCATAN PENINSULA THU.  SURFACE TROUGH OVER WESTERN COAST 
OF YUCATAN ALONG 87W BE OUT OF CARIBBEAN TONIGHT.  BROAD WELL 
DEFINED UPPER LEVEL CYCLONE AT 20N84W PROVIDES GOOD OUTFLOW 
ALOFT TO TROUGH ENHANCING SCATTERED MODERATE TO ISOLATED STRONG  
CONVECTION AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS.  TRADE WINDS EXPECTED TO 
INCREASE AS LOW PRES 1012 MB AND HIGH PRES WELL OVER CENTRAL 
ATLC TIGHTEN GRADIENT TUE THROUGH FRI.

SUBTROPICAL ATLC W OF 65W...    
RIDGE FROM 28N65W TO SOUTH FLORIDA PERSIST THROUGH FRI.  LOW 
PRES SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OFF EASTERN SEABOARD N OF AREA WED AND 
SLOWLY MOVE E INCREASING SW FLOW OVER N WATERS.  ATTENDANT COLD 
FRONT EXPECTED TO REMAIN JUST N OF AREA.

WARNINGS
ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.