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AGXX40 KNHC 301940
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
340 PM EDT TUE JUN 30 2009

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

STATIONARY FRONT IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO EXTENDS FROM THE 
FLORIDA PENINSULA ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS TO HOUSTON TEXAS. 
THE FRONT WILL DISSIPATE LATER THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE...A 
RIDGE FROM WESTERN CUBA INTO THE SE GULF. LIGHT PRES PATTERN 
CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA WITH BUOYS INDICATING GENERALLY LIGHT 
WINDS. TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY MOVING THROUGH THE YUCATAN 
PENINSULA WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN BAY OF CAMPECHE TONIGHT 
THROUGH LATE WED. THE SURFACE RIDGE MOVES N THU THROUGH SUN.

ATLC RIDGE WITH AXIS ALONG 23N COMBINED WITH FRONT TO THE N IS 
PRODUCING SW WINDS 15-20 KT N OF 27N. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 
20-25 KT THROUGH WED NIGHT...THEN DIMINISH THU AS THE HIGH LIFTS
N TO AROUND 27N AND THE FRONT WEAKENS. THE RIDGE REMAINS ALONG 
27N THEN MOVES SE AS A TROUGH MOVES N OF THE AREA  SUN...WINDS 
ALSO INCREASE TO 15-20 KT OVER THE N PORTION OF THE AREA SUN. 
OTHERWISE MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. ELY WINDS INCREASE 
TO 15-20 KT WED NIGHT THROUGH SAT...THEN DIMINISH SUN.

TRADES ACROSS THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN WILL CONTINUE IN THE 15-20 
KT RANGE. THE RIDGE TO THE N IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN BY WED 
NIGHT...ALLOWING FOR THE PRES GRADIENT TO TIGHTEN WITH WINDS
INCREASING TO 20-25 KT. WINDS COULD REACH AS HIGH AS 30 KT ALONG 
THE N COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA...WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 12 FT 
BY LATE THU OFF COLOMBIA DUE IN PART TO EASTERLY SWELL...AND 
CONTINUING THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

WARNINGS
ATLC...
.NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.