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AGXX40 KNHC 230710
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
315 AM EDT WED JUN 23 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...
HIGH PRES RIDGE OVER THE GULF STATES WILL MAINTAIN MODERATE TO 
FRESH E-SE BREEZE THROUGH WESTERN GULF. WINDS AND SEAS WILL 
INCREASE OVER THE SE PART OF BASIN THU AS A TROPICAL WAVE OVER 
THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN...EXTENDING INTO THE EASTERN BAHAMAS MOVES 
INTO THE AREA. 

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN ALONG 76W IS 
ACCOMPANIED BY AN INCREASE IN WINDS AND SEAS...ESPECIALLY N OF 
15N. ACTIVE WEATHER ALSO ACCOMPANIES THIS WAVE...MAINLY E OF THE 
AXIS. THIS WAVE WILL CONTINUE MOVING WEST AND WILL REACH THE 
YUCATAN PENINSULA FRI NIGHT/SAT MORNING. SECOND TROPICAL WAVE IS 
OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN ALONG 63W. ALONG WITH AN INCREASE IN 
WINDS AND SEAS...THIS WAVE IS PRODUCING ACTIVE WEATHER OVER THE 
E CARIBBEAN. THIS WAVE IS FORECAST TO MOVE NW ACROSS GREATER 
ANTILLES...REACHING THE WESTERN BAHAMAS THIS WEEKEND. ANOTHER 
TROPICAL WAVE WILL MOVE INTO THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS TOMORROW 
NIGHT...MOVING ACROSS THESE WATERS THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE 
WEEKEND BEFORE MOVING INTO THE SW N ATLC.

SW N ATLC...
ATLC RIDGE WILL PREVAIL ALONG 30/31N THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD 
KEEPING MODERATE TO FRESH E TO SE FLOW THROUGH THE BASIN N OF 
25N. S OF 25N FRESH TO STRONG EASTERLIES WILL PREVAIL AS THE 
NORTHERN EXTENT OF A TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN 
CONTINUES TO MOVE W OVER THE GREATER ANTILLES. THIS WILL BE 
FOLLOWED BY A SECOND TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY OVER THE EASTERN 
CARIBBEAN WHICH IS FORECAST TO MOVE NW...REACHING THE WESTERN 
BAHAMAS THIS WEEKEND. A THIRD TROPICAL WAVE APPROACHES THE SE 
PART OF THE BASIN WITH AN INCREASE IN WIND AND SEAS SAT.   
 
WARNINGS...
ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

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FORECASTER AL