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AGXX40 KNHC 051730
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
130 PM EDT SUN JUL 05 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 OVER WRN ATLC EXTENDS FROM 31N70W ACROSS TO 
CUBA TO CUT OFF CYCLONIC VORTEX IN GULF OF HONDURAS NEAR 17N86W. 
STRONG SHORT WAVE APPROACHING 27N76W ENERGIZING INCOMING FRONTAL 
BOUNDARY AND INCREASING WINDS ACROSS NORTHERN EDGE OF FORECAST 
WATERS.  AIR MASS SE OF UPPER TROUGH VERY DRY AND STABLE WITH 
ONLY CONVECTION NOTED ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY.  

SW N ATLC...
HIGH PRES CENTER 28N59W HAS RIDGE EXTEND TO S FLORIDA THEN 
CONTINUE TO SECOND CENTER AT 24N87W IN GULF OF MEXICO.  WEAK 
TROUGH OVER FLORIDA PENINSULA STRUGGLE TO GET ANY CONVECTION 
GOING.  LOW PRES...ENHANCED BY SHORT WAVE MENTIONED ABOVE MOVES 
EASTWARD N OF AREA INCREASING SW FLOW N OF 28N TONIGHT THROUGH 
WED.

CARIBBEAN...
TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 78W FLARING UP STRONG E BREEZE IN CENTRAL 
CARIBBEAN CONTINUES MOVING W AT 15 KT ONLY TO BE REPLACED BY 
SECOND TROPICAL WAVE NOW ALONG 64W-65W ALSO MOVING W AT 15-20 KT.

CENTRAL ATLC RIDGE MAINTAINS LONG FETCH ACROSS LOW LATITUDES 
BRINGING MODERATE SWELL INTO TROPICAL ATLC ZONE.  

GULF OF MEXICO...
WITH RIDGE OVER EASTERN HALF OF BASIN AND FLAT PRES PATTERN 
ACROSS ENTIRE GULF ONLY MODERATE BREEZE W OF 95W DISTURB THE 
OTHERWISE LIGHT WIND FLOW ACROSS ENTIRE GULF.

WARNINGS

ATLC...
.NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.