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MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION     
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
245 PM EDT FRI SEP 17 2010

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
HURRICANE KARL HAS STARTED TO MOVE INLAND OVER MEXICO FROM 
VERACRUZ TO CABO ROJO. WINDS 20 KT OR GREATER WILL AFFECT THE SW 
GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN WILL DIMINISH BELOW 20 
KT SATURDAY. OTHERWISE...NE TO E WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KT AND SEAS 
OF 3 TO 5 FT WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH THE 
FORECAST PERIOD. 

SW N ATLC...
WINDS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA ARE N TO NE 
DUE TO THE LARGE CIRCULATION AROUND HURRICANE IGOR. TROPICAL 
STORM CONDITIONS WILL START TO AFFECT THE FAR EASTERN PART OF 
THE AREA TONIGHT...WITH HURRICANE CONDITIONS SPREADING OVER THE 
AREA LATE TONIGHT. EXPECT INCREASING WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS AS 
IGOR MOVES INTO THE EASTERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA. IGOR IS 
EXPECTED TO MOVE N OF THE AREA BY TUE MORNING...BUT LARGE SWELLS 
FROM IGOR WILL DOMINATE THE MAJORITY OF THE FORECAST AREA 
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. 

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
THE CENTER OF HURRICANE IGOR HAS MOVED NORTH OF THE TROPICAL N 
ATLC WATERS. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT 
THE WATERS N OF 19N THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS AND SEAS 
WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE AFTERWORDS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 
FORECAST PERIOD. ASIDE FROM NORTHERLY SWELLS MOVING THROUGH 
EXPOSED PASSAGES INTO THE CARIBBEAN...WINDS LESS THAN 15 KT AND 
SEAS LESS THAN 5 FT WILL GENERALLY BE EXPECTED OVER THE 
CARIBBEAN THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. 
 
WARNINGS...

SW N ATLC...
.HURRICANE WARNING N OF 23N E OF 69W.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

TROPICAL N ATLC...
.TROPICAL STORM WARNING N OF 19N.
  
GULF OF MEXICO...
.HURRICANE WARNING S OF 21N W OF 94W.

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

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FORECASTER AL