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AGXX40 KNHC 110554
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION        
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT SAT SEP 11 2010

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

VERY WEAK PRES PATTERN ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO WITH LIGHT 
WINDS GENERALLY 10 KT OR LESS AND SEAS 2 TO 3 FT UNDER THE 
INFLUENCE OF A WEAK RIDGE. WINDS SLIGHTLY INCREASE TO 10-15 KT
OVER THE SE GULF BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. A TROUGH WILL MOVE W 
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GULF TONIGHT THROUGH TUE HOWEVER WINDS WILL 
REMAIN LIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL CLIP THE FAR N GULF LATE SUN 
INTO MON. 

WEAK COLD FRONT WILL BRUSH THE N PORTION OF THE ATLC ZONE LATER 
THIS MORNING. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N65W TO 28N77W THIS 
AFTERNOON AND FROM 29N65W TO THE NW BAHAMAS SUN AFTERNOON THEN 
DISSIPATE MON. A BELT OF ELY WINDS IN THE 10 TO 15 KT RANGE WILL 
PREVAIL S OF 25N WITH SEAS TO AROUND 4 FT E OF THE BAHAMAS 
OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE 
WEEK.

THE REMNANT TROUGH OF GASTON ALONG 81W FROM 12N TO WESTERN CUBA 
WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THE W CARIBBEAN INTO CENTRAL AMERICA 
BY TONIGHT. BROAD LOW PRESSURE NEAR 13N61W WILL DRIFT WNW TO 
THROUGH THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN THEN INTO THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN 
SUN. THERE IS A MEDIUM CHANCE OF THIS SYSTEM BECOMING A TROPICAL 
CYCLONE DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS. TROPICAL STORM IGOR WELL E OF 
THE AREA IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN TO A HURRICANE AND APPROACH 
THE E TROPICAL N ATLC ZONE BY THE END OF THE FORECAST PERIOD WED.
 
WARNINGS...

SW N ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

TROPICAL N ATLC...
.NONE.
  
GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE. 

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

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FORECASTER DGS