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AGXX40 KNHC 251644
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1245 PM EDT THU JUN 25 2009

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

GULF OF MEXICO...HIGH PRES 1012 MB CURRENTLY OVER THE CENTRAL 
GULF SHOULD WEAKEN AS AN E TO W RIDGE BUILDS FROM THE ATLC ALONG 
27N BY MIDDAY FRI. THE RIDGE BECOMES ORIENTATED SE TO NW FROM 
THE FL STRAITS TO THE CENTRAL TX COAST SUN AND MON. A TROPICAL 
WAVE CURRENTLY ALONG 77W WILL MOVE W AT 12 KT THROUGH THE BAY OF 
CAMPECHE SUN AND MON. A WEAK TROUGH WILL SWEEP E THROUGH THE NE 
GULF WATERS TUE.

SW ATLC...
A SERIES OF LOW LEVEL TROUGHS DISSECT THE SUBTROPICS WITH THE 
MEAN AXIS EXTENDING SW FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO SE FL WITH 
CONVECTION CURRENTLY ENHANCED E OF THE TROUGH. THE GRADIENT E OF 
THE TROUGH IS SUPPORTING SLY 20 TO 25 KT WITH MAX SEAS 11 FT 
JUST S OF BERMUDA. EXPECT THE FINAL NW SURGE TO PUSH THE TROUGH 
E OF 65W LATE FRI AND E OF 55W LATE SAT. AN E TO W RIDGE 
CURRENTLY ALONG 23N WILL SHIFT N FRI MEANDERING BETWEEN 24N AND 
26N INTO NEXT WEEK. THE GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN N OF THE RIDGE 
WITH SLY WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 KT FRI NIGHT AS YET 
ANOTHER TROUGH SWEEPS E ACROSS THE AREA N OF THE RIDGE BUT 
ACCOMPANIED BY A VERY SLIGHT SW TO WSW WIND SHIFT. 
      
TROPICS INCLUDING CARIBBEAN...A TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 77W IS 
EXPECTED TO MOVE W 12 KT TO ALONG 83W FRI AND MOVE THROUGH THE 
GULF OF HONDURAS BY LATE SAT. A SECOND EASTERLY WAVE IS MOVING 
THROUGH THE LESSER ANTILLES ATTM...AND SHOULD REACH ALONG 68W 
FRI...74W SAT...81W SUN AND MOVE THROUGH THEN GULF OF HONDURAS 
BY SUNSET MON. A THIRD WAVE CURRENTLY IN THE CENTRAL ATLC SHOULD 
REACH ALONG 55W AROUND SUNRISE MON AND ENTER THE E CARIBBEAN 
SUNRISE TUE.    
 
WARNINGS

ATLC...
.NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

FORECASTER NELSON. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.