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AGXX40 KNHC 131421
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EDT THU MAY 13 2010

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

GULF OF MEXICO...SE WINDS 15-20 KT...EXCEPT 20-25 FL STRAITS... 
WILL RELAX TO 10-15 KT SAT THROUGH SUN NIGHT. HOWEVER EXPECT 
ABOUT 5 KT HIGHER IN FL STRAITS AND ALSO DURING EVENINGS ALONG 
NW YUCATAN COAST. A WEAK TROUGH PASSES E THROUGH N COASTAL 
PLAINS MON WITH LOW LEVEL WINDS BECOMING NE TO E 10 KT 
THROUGHOUT.  

SW ATLC...A FRONTAL TROUGH IS LOSING IDENTITY FROM 28N55W TO 
24N70W. HIGH PRES BRIDGING THE FRONTAL REMNANTS WILL INCREASE 
SLIGHTLY SUPPORTING NE-E 20 KT OVER WATERS S OF 26N THROUGH FRI
AND S OF 25N SAT. AS RIDGE SETS UP E-W ALONG 29N THIS WEEKEND 
EXPECT LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVER WATERS N OF 27N...EXCEPT OCNL SE 
10-15 KT ALONG NE FL COAST. S OF 27N WILL BE MOSTLY E AT 15-20 
KT INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRES CENTERED NEAR 28N70W RIDGES 
E AND W ALONG 29N.
 
CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLC...AS THE ATLC HIGH PRES BUILDS TO 
THE N THE STRONG ELY WINDS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE 
STRONGEST WINDS 25-30 KT ALONG THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. THE WINDS 
WILL DIMINISH TO 15-20 KT MOST OF THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND AS 
THE HIGH WEAKENS. A SERIES OF LOW LATITUDE TROPICAL WAVES WILL 
PASS THROUGH THE TROPICAL WATERS S OF 10N WITH MOST SIGNIFICANT 
WAVE...CURRENTLY ALONG 40W AND ACCOMPANIED BY TSTMS...ARRIVING 
ALONG 55W SUN NIGHT.   


WARNINGS...
ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT 
HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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FORECASTER NELSON