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AGXX40 KNHC 200625
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
130 AM EST FRI NOV 20 2009

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

UPPER LEVELS...
DEEP LAYER RIDGE EXTENDS FROM THE SOUTHWEST CARIBBEAN ACROSS THE 
EASTERN GREATER ANTILLES AND THE NORTHERN LESSER ANTILLES TO 
OVER THE SOUTHEAST PART OF THE ATLANTIC AREA. MODERATE  
SOUTHWESTERLIES ARE TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF THE RIDGE OVER 
THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE 
ATLANTIC AREA. DURING THE FORECAST PERIOD ONE SHORTWAVE WILL 
MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHWESTERLIES. THE SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE OFF 
THE TEXAS COAST TONIGHT AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF REACHING 
THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES SUNDAY TO BE ABSORBED BY THE 
WESTERLY FLOW NORTH OF THE AREA.

SURFACE...
SHORTWAVE OVER TEXAS WILL INDUCE FRONTAL TROUGH WITH EMBEDDED 
LOW OVER THE NORTHWESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. WINDS WILL REACH 20 TO 
25 KNOTS NEAR THE LOW AND BE CONFINED TO NEAR THE LOW BECAUSE 
THERE IS NOT MUCH OF A HIGH PRESSURE EITHER EAST OR WEST OF THE 
TROUGH. 

TRADES OF 20 KNOTS OR MORE ARE CONFINED TO SOUTH OF 15N THROUGH 
SUNDAY THEN EXPEND SOME MONDAY AND TUESDAY MAINLY OVER THE 
CARIBBEAN PART.
 
OTHERWISE WINDS WILL BE LESS THAN 20 KT.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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FORECASTER LL