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AGXX40 KNHC 230614
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT FRI JUL 23 2010

UPDATED DEPRESSION THREE TO TROPICAL STORM BONNIE AND THE 
WARNINGS SECTION FOR BREAKPOINTS

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

TROPICAL STORM BONNIE IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE STRAITS OF 
FLORIDA THIS EVENING AND INTO THE MIDDLE GULF OF MEXICO LATE SAT
THEN INLAND OVER SE LOUISIANA SUN EVENING. LATEST NHC ADVISORY
KEEPS WINDS AT 45 KT WITH GUSTS TO 55 KT THE ENTIRE TIME IT IS 
IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. OTHERWISE LOW PRES OVER INLAND MEXICO 
COMBINED WITH HIGHER PRES TO THE N PRODUCING MODERATE TO STRONG 
E-SE WINDS OVER THE WESTERN GULF. THESE WINDS SHOULD DECREASE
BY EARLY SAT AS BONNIE MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. WINDS DECREASE 
ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA LATE SUN AND MON.

TROPICAL STORM BONNIE NEAR 23.4N 76.5W 1007 MB AT 0300 UTC IS 
MOVING NW AT 12 KT. MAXIMUM WINDS 35 KT WITH GUSTS TO 45 KT.
LATEST NHC ADVISORY FORECASTS BONNIE THROUGH THE FLORIDA KEYS 
LATER TODAY AND STRENGTHENS SLIGHTLY...THEN MOVES INTO THE GULF 
OF MEXICO TONIGHT. OTHERWISE HIGH PRES RIDGE ALONG 30N/31N WILL 
CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...WITH ELY 
WINDS 15-20 ALONG THE SOUTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE S OF AROUND 24N.

TROPICAL WAVE E OF THE AREA WILL TO ENTER THE TROPICAL ATLC 
ZONE SAT AND CROSS E CARIBBEAN SUN AND MON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED 
TO INCREASE TO 20 KT ACROSS EASTERN CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLC 
ZONES AS PRES GRADIENT TIGHTENS BETWEEN ATLC RIDGE AND LOWER 
PRES OVER THE SW CARIBBEAN.

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
.AMZ080...TROPICAL STORM WARNING S OF 26N W OF 77W...

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.GMZ086...TROPICAL STORM WARNING S OF 27N E OF 85W...
.GMZ080 AND GMZ084...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF 25N
BETWEEN 85W AND 93W FRI NIGHT THROUGH SUN...

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

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FORECASTER DGS