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AGXX40 KNHC 021846
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
300 PM EDT SUN AUG 02 2009

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

UPPER LEVELS...
BROAD TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES EXTENDS SOUTHWARD 
OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE TROUGH WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST 
REACHING THE EAST UNITED STATES COAST WEDNESDAY THEN MOVING EAST 
AND CONTRACTING NORTH OF 31N THURSDAY. WEAK TROUGH OVER THE GULF 
OF MEXICO WILL PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY. OTHERWISE WEAK RIDGE OVER 
THE AREA.

SURFACE...
MODERATE RIDGE OVER THE NORTHERN PART OF THE ATLANTIC AREA 
THROUGH FRIDAY. WEAK RIDGE OVER THE NORTH HALF OF THE GULF OF 
MEXICO THROUGH FRIDAY.

WARNINGS

ATLC...
.NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE. 

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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FORECASTER LL