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AGXX40 KNHC 240805
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
400 AM EDT MON AUG 24 2009

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
WEAK STATIONARY FRONT EXTEND FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA TO 24N90W THEN 
TO NEAR GALVESTON IN THE UPPER TEXAS COAST.  FRONT DISSIPATES 
TONIGHT AS AIRMASS N OF FRONT IS MODIFIED BY THE WARM GULF 
WATERS.  NARROW BAND OF SHOWERS QUICKLY DIMINISHED ALONG THE 
FRONTAL BOUNDARY EARLY THIS MORNING.  WEAK RIDGE REBUILDS ALONG  
GULF N COAST ESTABLISHING GENTLE TO MODERATE E BREEZE ALONG 
ENTIRE GULF THROUGH FRI. 

CARIBBEAN AND THE TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W...
TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 73W MOVE W INTO WRN CARIBBEAN TODAY AND 
REACH YUCATAN PENINSULA WED.  FRESH TO STRONG TRADE WINDS FOLLOW 
IN WAKE OF WAVE.  SEAS BUILD TO 10 FT E OF WAVE AS IT CROSSES 
THROUGH CARIBBEAN.  SECOND TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 55W ENTER 
TROPICAL ATLC UNDER UPPER LEVEL CYCLONIC VORTEX WHICH PRODUCES 
STRONG DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT ENHANCING CONVECTION ON N HALF OF 
WAVE AXIS.  CREST OF WAVE EXPECTED TO BREAK FROM MAIN AXIS AND 
FOLLOW UPPER CIRCULATION NW.  TROPICAL WAVE CROSSES THROUGH ERN 
CARIBBEAN TUE AND THU THEN ENTER WRN CARIBBEAN WITH FRESH TO 
STRONG BREEZE AND SEAS TO 9 FT...MAINLY ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA. 

SW N ATLC...
N PORTION OF TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 55W EXPECTED TO BREAK OFF WAVE 
CREST AND HEAD NW INTO SW N ATLC BY TUE AND WED.  ASSOCIATED 
WIND AND SEAS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO STRONG BREEZE AND SEAS 
BUILD TO 14 FT. GFS BECOMES TOO AGGRESSIVE WHILE EUROPEAN AND 
UKMET ARE MORE MODERATE IN THE DEVELOPING OF TROPICAL FEATURES 
ALONG THIS WAVE. 
 
WARNINGS
ATLC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE. 

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE

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FORECASTER WALLY BARNES