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AGXX40 KNHC 030758
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
358 AM EDT THU JUN 03 2010

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
TROPICAL N ATLC FROM 07N TO 22N BETWEEN 55W AND 65W...AND 
SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W

GULF OF MEXICO...
ATLC HIGH PRES RIDGE EXTEND W OVER GULF REGION MAINTAINS 
PERSISTING GENTLE TO MODERATE SE BREEZE E OF 93W WHILE SURFACE 
TROUGH OVER TEXAS STRENGTHENS SE TO S RETURN FLOW W OF 93W.  
TROUGH EXPECTED TO DRIFT E-NE ACROSS GULF STATES WITH 
POSSIBILITY OF STRONG W BREEZE IN NORTHERN FRINGES OF OFFSHORE 
ZONES AND COASTAL WATERS N OF 27N.  RIDGE WEAKENS SAT AND SUN 
BUT REBUILDS OVER EASTERN GULF MON.  

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
ATLC HIGH PRES RIDGE MAINTAINS STEADY EASTERLY TRADES ACROSS 
MOST OF BASIN WITH SE SHIFT OVER EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ZONE. 
MODERATE TO FRESH BREEZE BECOMES STRONG OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND 
SOUTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SUPPORTED BY WEAK TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 70W 
AND 1011 MB LOW PRES CENTER OVER COLOMBIA.  ALL MODEL GUIDANCE 
SUPPORT STRONG EASTERLY BREEZE S OF 14N FROM 67W-77W.  

LONG FETCH S OF RIDGE PROMOTES MODERATE E SWELLS S OF 15N IN 
TROPICAL ATLC ZONE TODAY SUBSIDING BY FRI.

SW N ATLC...
SURFACE TROUGH DRIFTING NE ACROSS BASIN WEAKENS ATLC RIDGE AND 
EXPECTED TO FORM LOW PRES CENTER 1015 MB TONIGHT.  LOW PRES 
SPLITS E-W RIDGE AS IT MOVES N-NE THROUGH SW N ATLC SQUEEZING 
PRES GRADIENT ON ITS EASTERN SEMICIRCLE WITH WINDS BECOMING 
STRONG.  MODEL GUIDANCE DIFFER MOSTLY IN STRENGTH AND POSITION 
OF LOW PRES...BUT AGREE IN ITS FORMATION AND TIMING.  RIDGE 
REBUILDS LATE SUN AND MON AS LOW PRES MOVES N OF 31N.   

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

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FORECASTER WALLY BARNES