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AGXX40 KNHC 150549
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT THU JUL 15 2010

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA 
AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

GULF OF MEXICO 1018 MB HIGH PRES IS CENTERED NEAR 27N91W WILL 
REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH FRI THEN WEAKEN TO A RIDGE FRI 
NIGHT ALONG 30N. TROUGH CURRENTLY OVER FLORIDA WILL MOVE INTO 
THE SE GULF LATER TODAY AS A RESULT ELY WINDS WILL INCREASE
TO 20 KT ACROSS THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA TONIGHT INTO FRI THEN
DECREASE FRI NIGHT AS THE TROUGH DISSIPATES AND THE PRES'
GRADIENT WEAKENS. OTHERWISE MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE AREA 
THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO MON.

ATLC SURFACE RIDGE ALONG 28N AND WILL SHIFT TO THE N TO ALONG 
30N THIS EVENING THEN TO ALONG 31N FRI AND SAT BEFORE MOVING 
JUST N OF THE AREA SUN. E-SE WINDS AROUND 20 KT WILL CONTINUE S 
OF 25N SPREADING TO THE N TO 27N SAT. THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF
A TROPICAL WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE CARIBBEAN WILL MOVE THROUGH 
THE SE PORTION OF THE AREA TONIGHT MOVE ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHERN 
PORTION OF THE AREA THROUGH SUN. ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE WILL
APPROACH THE FAR SE PORTION OF THE AREA MON. THE GRADIENT WILL
TIGHTEN BETWEEN THE WAVE AND THE RIDGE TO THE NORTH AND WINDS
WILL BE 15-20 KT S OF 28N E OF 75W ON MON.

ATLC RIDGE WILL MAINTAIN 20 KT TRADES ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN E OF 
AROUND 78W THROUGH FRI...THEN DECREASE TO BELOW 20 KT ON SAT
THROUGH MON AS THE STRONGEST PRES GRADIENT WILL BE N OF THE
AREA. OTHERWISE TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN WILL 
MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN FRI NIGHT AND SAT AND INTO THE 
WESTERN CARIBBEAN SUN AND MON.

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