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MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
230 AM EDT TUE JUN 28 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

TROPICAL STORM ALEX LOCATED NEAR 21.0N 91.6W AT 0300 UTC WITH 
PRES AT 985 MB. ALEX IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN TO A HURRICANE
LATER THIS MORNING. THE LATEST FORECAST TRACK TAKES ALEX NW 
ACROSS THE SW GULF ZONE THROUGH WED THEN N OF 25N WED NIGHT. 
SO WILL CONTINUE WITH HURRICANE WARNINGS IN THE SW GULF AND
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR THE NW GULF WITH HURRICANE CONDITIONS 
EXPECTED BY WED. ALEX IS FORECAST TO MOVE INLAND OVER NE MEXICO 
JUST S OF BROWNSVILLE TEXAS THU. OTHERWISE TIGHT PRES GRADIENT 
OVER MUCH OF THE GULF WITH STRONG SE WINDS OVER ALL BUT THE FAR 
EASTERN GULF. WINDS DECREASE ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA FRI AS
ALEX WEAKENS OVER INLAND MEXICO.

SURFACE TROUGH IN THE ATLC FROM 28N-22N ALONG 69W WILL DRIFT W 
AND DISSIPATE THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE HIGH PRES RIDGE ALONG 
30N/31N WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE E AS A WEAK FRONT MOVES OVER THE SE 
U.S. BY THE END OF THE WEEK. THE FRONT WILL BRUSH THE FAR NW 
PORTION OF THE AREA LATE FRI AND SAT. GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS
N OF 25N...BUT MAY INCREASE AHEAD OF THE FRONT BY SAT. S OF 25N 
ELY WINDS 10-15 KT WITH SEAS TO 6 FT E OF THE BAHAMAS.

STRONG SELY FLOW CONTINUES ACROSS THE NW CARIBBEAN AS ALEX 
STRENGTHENS AND MOVES SLOWLY OVER THE SW GULF OF MEXICO. WINDS 
ARE 20-25 KT WITH SEAS 8-10 FT N OF AROUND 17N W OF 83W.
THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THU THEN DECREASE 
LATE THU. TRADES A RATHER LIGHT WITH 15 TO 20 KT ALONG THE COAST 
OF COLOMBIA. THE TRADES INCREASE WED AND THU...WITH ELY WINDS 
20-25 KT BY THE END OF THE WEEK.

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.TROPICAL STORM WARNING S OF 28N...GMZ080. HURRICANE WARNING N 
OF 21N W OF 92W...GMZ082.

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

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FORECASTER DGS