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AGXX40 KNHC 100753
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION    
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
400 AM EDT TUE AUG 10 2010

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
LOW PRES CENTER 1010 MB AT 26N82W OVER SE GULF EXPECTED TO MOVE 
NW TO N CENTRAL GULF LATER TODAY THEN INLAND LOUISIANA THU...AS 
POSSIBLE TROPICAL CYCLONE.  WINDS FORECAST TO INCREASE OVER N 
SEMICIRCLE OF CENTER AS SYSTEM BECOMES BETTER ORGANIZED AND PRES 
GRADIENT TIGHTENS WITH HIGH PRES RIDGE ALONG N GULF COASTAL 
WATERS.  

SW N ATLC...
SURFACE RIDGE ALONG 30N MAINTAIN STEADY E-SE MODERATE BREEZE 
ACROSS ENTIRE BASIN THROUGH WED.  LOW PRES IN CENTRAL ATLC MOVES 
NW FORCING RIDGE TO DRIFT S TO 27N AND SHIFT W THU THROUGH SAT 
BRINGING GENTLE BREEZE ACROSS ENTIRE ZONE.

CARIBBEAN SEA...
WEAK TROUGH IN EASTERN CARIBBEAN ALONG 70W MOVE W THROUGH FRI AND
OUT OF AREA BY SAT.  WEAK PRES GRADIENT WITH LIGHT WINDS ACROSS 
ENTIRE CARIBBEAN THROUGH SAT.

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 WALLY BARNES