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MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION    
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
245 PM EDT THU AUG 26 2010

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

WEAK TROUGH OVER WRN GULF OF MEXICO FROM 29N90W TO 1011 MB LOW 
PRES AT 24N95W TO 19N92W.  TROUGH DRIFT W INLAND THROUGH FRI AND 
DISSIPATE SAT.  STRONG NW BREEZE W OF TROUGH TONIGHT DIMINISH AS 
SYSTEM MOVES INLAND.  RIDGE REBUILDS ACROSS N GULF WITH GENTLE 
TO MODERATE E TO SE BREEZE ON SOUTHERN PERIPHERY.  DYNAMICAL 
MODELS HAVE WIND INCREASING IN NE CORNER OF GULF COUNTING ON 
DANIELLE SQUEEZING PRES GRADIENT OVER SW N ATLC...BUT FORECAST 
COUNTS ON HURRICANE TO TURN NE WELL BEFORE IT IS ABLE TO AFFECT 
EASTERN COAST.  

ATLC RIDGE FROM 31N68W TO S FLORIDA FORCED N AS HURRICANE 
DANIELLE MOVES NW BRUSHING FAR NE PORTION OF ZONE OVER WEEKEND.  
WINDS REACH A NOTCH UNDER TROPICAL STORM FORCE N OF 28N E OF 66W 
SAT JUST AS DANIELLE TURNS NE AND WINDS DIMINISH THROUGH SUN. 
SEAS COULD MAY BUILD AS HIGH AS 18 FT SAT AT DANIELLE CLOSEST 
POINT. DIMINISHING WINDS AND SUBSIDING SEAS SUN THROUGH TUE. 

MODERATE ELY TRADES IN CARIBBEAN WEAKEN THROUGH TUE AS DANIELLE 
FORCES RIDGE FURTHER N FLATTENING PRES GRADIENT ACROSS BASIN. 
LINGERING NE SWELLS TO 8 FT REMAIN SEEPING THROUGH ATLC PASSAGES 
TONIGHT AND FRI.  TROPICAL STORM EARL EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN TO 
HURRICANE AS IT APPROACH TROPICAL N ATLC LATE SAT WITH WINDS 
BECOMING N-NE AND INCREASING TO STRONG BREEZE.  CONDITIONS 
DETERIORATE THEREAFTER.

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