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AGXX40 KNHC 091747
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION    
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EDT MON AUG 09 2010

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

GULF OF MEXICO TROUGH FROM NEAR FORT MYERS FLORIDA NW TO THE 
MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI. A WEAK 1012 MB LOW PRES OVER THE SE 
GULF S EXPECTED TO MOVE NW AND INTO THE NE GULF ON TUE. THE LOW 
WILL MOVE INTO THE MIDDLE GULF WED THEN MOVE INLAND INTO 
LOUISIANA THU. WINDS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE TO NEAR 20 KT OVER 
THE N SEMICIRCLE OF THE LOW. HIGH PRES RIDGE ALONG 25N THU AND 
FRI THEN MOVES N TO 27N SAT. THE RIDGE STRENGTHENS SOME SAT AND 
SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 15-20 KT OVER THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE 
GULF.

A WEAK 1012 MB LOW PRES IS OVER THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE ATLC
ZONE JUST OF THE NE COAST OF FLORIDA...NEAR 30N80W WITH TROUGH 
FROM THE LOW TO CENTRAL FLORIDA. THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE W OF THE 
AREA LATER TONIGHT. SE WINDS TO 20 KT WITHIN 120 NM E OF THE LOW 
AND TROUGH WILL DECREASE LATER TONIGHT. OTHERWISE HIGH PRES 
RIDGE ALONG 30N/31N WILL DRIFT S OF 27N THU AND ALONG 26N FRI 
AND SAT. MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE ARE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

WEAK TROUGH IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN FROM THE MONA PASSAGE TO N 
COAST OF VENEZUELA NEAR 12N70W. THE TROUGH WILL MOVE INTO THE 
WESTERN CARIBBEAN WED THROUGH FRI THEN MOVE W OF THE AREA SAT.
WEAK PRES GRADIENT WITH LIGHT WINDS ACROSS ENTIRE CARIBBEAN.

WARNINGS...

SW N ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

.GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

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FORECASTER DGS