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AGXX40 KNHC 030551
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
150 AM EDT FRI JUL 03 2009

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

UPPER LEVELS...
STRONG DEEP LAYER TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES EXTENDS 
OVER THE AREA FROM 72W TO 88W SOUTHWARD TO NEAR 18N. ELSEWHERE A 
WEAK RIDGE IS PRESENT. THE TROUGH WILL WEAKEN WITH A BROAD WEAK 
RIDGE OVER THE ENTIRE AREA ALONG ABOUT 27N BY MONDAY. ON TUESDAY 
A WEAK TROUGH WILL DEVELOP OVER THE TEXAS COAST BUT THE RIDGE 
WILL REMAIN ELSEWHERE.

SURFACE...
TRADE WINDS SOUTH OF ABOUT 18N THROUGH TUESDAY. WINDS WILL REACH 
TO NEAR 30 KNOTS OVER THE SOUTHERN CARIBBEAN NEAR COLOMBIA. 
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KT WILL DEVELOP OVER THE 
NORTHERN PART OF THE ATLANTIC AREA LATE SUNDAY AND CONTINUE 
THROUGH TUESDAY AS THE RIDGE EXTENDS ACROSS THE AREA AND A LOW 
PRESSURE PASSES EASTWARD WELL NORTH OF THE AREA LATE SUNDAY 
THROUGH TUESDAY.  SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO OCCASIONALLY 
20 KT WILL ALSO DEVELOP OVER THE TEXAS COAST BEGINNING LATE 
SUNDAY. OTHERWISE WINDS WILL BE LESS THAN 20 KNOTS OVER THE 
AREA. 

WARNINGS

ATLC...
.NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

FORECASTER LL. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.