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AGXX40 KNHC 130640
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
230 AM EDT THU AUG 13 2009

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

WEAK TROUGH OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO FROM THE BIG BEND
OF FLORIDA TO 27N90W 28N93W. THE TROUGH WILL REMAIN NEARLY
STATIONARY THEN DISSIPATE LATE FRI. OTHERWISE HIGH PRES
RIDGE IS S OF THE TROUGH. MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF
THE AREA...HOWEVER WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE SE GULF SAT
AS A TROPICAL WAVE MOVES INTO THE AREA. THE STRONG...20 TO
25 KT...WINDS WILL SPREAD THE ENTIRE EASTERN GULF ZONE ON 
SUN AND INTO THE MIDDLE GULF MON.

TROUGH IN THE ATLC EXTENDS FROM 30N65W TO 28N74W WILL DISSIPATE 
LATER TODAY. OTHERWISE RIDGE ACROSS THE AREA. GENERALLY LIGHT
WINDS N OF AROUND 23N WITH 15-20 KT ELY WINDS S OF 23N...WITH
THE WINDS INCREASING TO 20-25 KT TONIGHT AND FRI AS A TROPICAL
WAVE MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THE WAVE MOVES E OF THE AREA SAT
BUT ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE MOVE TO AROUND 66W/67W ON SUN AND
TO 71W MON.

ELY TRADES AT 20 TO 25 KT CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN 
BETWEEN 69W AND 80W. ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG WINDS IS WITH
A TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN WITH WINDS IN THE
20-25 KT RANGE ON THE N PORTION OF THE WAVE. THE WAVE WILL
TRACK INTO THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN FRI AND INTO THE EASTERN
CARIBBEAN SUN AND MON.
 
WARNINGS

ATLC...
.NONE.  

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE. 

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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FORECASTER DGS