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AGXX40 KNHC 190603
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT WED AUG 19 2009

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

WINDS INCREASE SOME OVER THE FAR SE GULF OF MEXICO AS A TROPICAL 
WAVE...THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ANA...MOVES THROUGH THE 
AREA. THE WAVE WEAKENS AS IT MOVES W AND WINDS DECREASE. 
OTHERWISE MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE GULF. HIGH PRES RIDGE 
BUILDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF THU AND FRI AND SHIFTS S TO 
AROUND 26N ON SUN.

WINDS WILL BE LIGHT TO MODERATE OVER THE N PORTION OF THE ATLC 
ZONE WITH STRONGER WINDS OVER THE SW PORTION OF THE AREA AS A 
TROPICAL WAVE...REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ANA MOVES WWD ACROSS 
THE AREA. THESE WINDS WILL DECREASE AS THE WAVE MOVES W AND 
WEAKENS. HURRICANE BILL IS FORECAST MOVE INTO THE NE PORTION OF 
THE AREA LATE THU THROUGH FRI. TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE 
FORCE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED E OF 70W. ACCORDING TO THE 
OFFICIAL FORECAST TRACK...BILL IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE AREA SAT 
MORNING WITH WINDS AND SEAS DIMINISHING LATE IN THE DAY.

LATEST NHC ADVISORY BRINGS HURRICANE BILL INTO THE TROPICAL
ATLC ZONE TODAY WITH WINDS OF 115 KT GUSTS TO 140 KT. THE 
HURRICANE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA
THROUGH THU THEN WILL BE JUST TO THE N OF THE AREA BY THU 
EVENING...HOWEVER TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL LINGER OVER 
THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE REGION THROUGH THU NIGHT. A HURRICANE 
WARNING IS IN EFFECT N OF 17N E OF 58W. OTHERWISE A TROPICAL 
WAVE...REMNANTS OF ANA IS CURRENTLY ALONG 79W MOVING W AROUND
25 KT. THE WAVE WILL MOVE W OF THE AREA TONIGHT. MODERATE TO
STRONG TRADES OVER THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...WITH THE STRONGEST
WINDS NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. THE TRADES WILL DECREASE
LATER IN THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND AS THE ATLC HIGH WEAKENS
WITH HURRICANE BILL MOVING N OF THE AREA.
 
 
WARNINGS

ATLC...
HURRICANE WARNING N OF 17N E OF 58W...AMZ087.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE. 

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE

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FORECASTER GR