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AGXX40 KNHC 300611
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT WED JUN 30 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

HURRICANE ALEX CENTERED NEAR 23.1N 94.8W AT 0300 UTC MAX WINDS
65 KT GUST TO 80 KT WITH THE MINIMUM PRES AT 973 MB MOVING W AT 
8 KT. ALEX IS FORECAST TO APPROACH THE NE COAST OF MEXICO BY
THIS EVENING THEN MOVE INLAND LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY THU.
STRONG WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS OVER THE WESTERN GULF WILL SLOWLY
DECREASE BY FRI. MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ON SUN WITH SEAS 2-4 FT.

SURFACE TROUGH IN THE ATLC FROM 30N-25N ALONG 72W WILL DRIFT NW 
AND DISSIPATE LATER TODAY...ALLOWING ATLC HIGH TO BUILD. THE 
RIDGE MOVES E AS A WEAK FRONT BRUSHES THE FAR N PORTION OF THE 
AREA FRI. A TROPICAL WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE CARIBBEAN WILL 
BRIEFLY INCREASE THE ELY WINDS OVER THE FAR SE PORTION OF THE
AREA FRI AND SAT. THE GFS IS INDICATING A TROUGH NE OF THE 
BAHAMAS ON SUN.

STRONG SELY WINDS CONTINUES ACROSS THE NW CARIBBEAN AS ALEX 
CONTINUES STRENGTHEN AND MOVES NW...AND NOT EXPECTED TO DECREASE 
TO BELOW THE CURRENT 20-25 KT UNTIL TONIGHT...AND THEN SLOWLY
DECREASE TO BELOW 20 KT LATE THU AS THE HIGH PRES RIDGE REBUILDS 
ACROSS THE ATLC. MODERATE TO STRONG ELY TRADES WILL RETURN TO 
THE CENTRAL AND E CARIBBEAN BY THU EVENING WITH SEAS
BUILDING TO 11 FT BY SAT AS A TROPICAL WAVE MOVES THROUGH THE 
AREA. THE STRONG WINDS DECREASE OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN SUN 
AS THE WAVE MOVES TO THE W.

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.HURRICANE WARNING N OF 23N W OF 94W...GMZ082.
.TROPICAL STORM WARNING S OF 27N W OF 92W...GMZ080.

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

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FORECASTER DGS