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AGXX40 KNHC 071756
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EDT WED JUL 07 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 LOW PRES CURRENTLY LOCATED AT 23N93W WITH TROUGH 
NW TO 28N95W. THE LOW IS EXPECTED TO TRACK TO THE NW TO NEAR 
25N96W EARLY THU THEN MOVE INLAND NEAR THE TEXAS/MEXICO BORDER 
THU NIGHT. THE LOW COULD POSSIBLY DEVELOP INTO A TROPICAL 
CYCLONE. STRONG SE WINDS ARE E OF THE LOW AND TROUGH TO 87W. AS 
THE LOW MOVES TO THE W THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO SHIFT WESTWARD 
AND BE CONFINED TO THE NW GULF BY THU AFTERNOON...AND BELOW 20 
KT BY FRI AFTERNOON. HIGH PRES BUILDS W THU NIGHT AND FRI. THE 
RIDGE WILL BE ALONG 27N/28N FRI THROUGH MON.

ATLC TROUGH EXTENDS FROM 29N65W TO 25N70W WILL MOVE OUT OF THE 
AREA ON THU. SOUTHERLY WINDS MAY BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 20 KT THU 
AS THE TROUGH PULLS THE THE NE AND RIDGE BUILDS W INTO THE AREA 
TIGHTENING THE PRES GRADIENT. THE RIDGE BECOMES THE DOMINANT 
FEATURE OVER THE FORECAST AREA FRI. A WEAK FRONT APPROACHES THE 
SE U.S. FRI NIGHT AND SAT AND SW WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT OVER 
THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE AREA. THE FRONT MOVES NE SUN AND WINDS 
DECREASE SUN AND MON.

TROPICAL WAVE IN THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN ALONG 74W/75W. A FEW 
SHOWERS ARE ALONG THE N PORTION OF THE WAVE. THE WAVE WILL MOVE 
THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN THOUGH THU AND MOVE E OF THE AREA BY FRI.
TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 58W S OF 13N WILL MOVE INTO THE EASTERN 
CARIBBEAN ON THU. AS THE ATLC RIDGE BUILD TO THE N AND THE 
TOPICAL WAVE MOVES ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN JOINED BY ANOTHER 
TROPICAL CURRENTLY TO THE E OF THE AREA TIGHTENS THE PRES 
GRADIENT WHICH RESULTS INCREASING ELY WINDS TO 25 KT AND SEAS 
BUILDING TO 10 FT IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CARIBBEAN THU NIGHT 
AND FRI...WITH THESE CONDITIONS SHIFTING INTO THE CENTRAL AND 
WESTERN CARIBBEAN BY THE WEEKEND.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

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FORECASTER DGS