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AGXX40 KNHC 181745
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EDT SAT JUN 18 2011

GULF OF MEXICO...
RIDGE OF HIGH PRES WILL CONTINUE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF THROUGH 
TUE THEN WILL SHIFT N OF THE AREA BY TUE NIGHT. SE TO S RETURN 
FLOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE FAR NW GULF THROUGH THE FORECAST 
PERIOD. A TROPICAL WAVE IN THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN WILL MOVE INTO 
THE BAY OF CAMPECHE LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUN. THE WAVE WILL 
REACH THE COAST OF MEXICO MON NIGHT AND WILL BRING A SURGE OF SE 
WIND TO THE SW GULF STARTING SUN NIGHT. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE 
BY THU.

SW N ATLC...
HIGH PRES RIDGE ALONG 27N FOR MUCH OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. WINDS 
OVER THE FAR N PART OF THE AREA WILL INCREASE AS THE PRES 
GRADIENT BETWEEN THE RIDGE AND COLD FRONT TO N OF THE AREA 
TIGHTENS. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE ON WED AS THE FRONT MOVE 
FURTHER TO THE NE. ON SUN ELY WINDS INCREASE TO 15-20 KT OVER 
THE FAR SE PORTION OF THE AREA...WITH LIGHT WINDS ELSEWHERE.

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W...
TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN WILL MOVE INTO THE 
YUCATAN PENINSULA TONIGHT THEN INTO THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO.
A SECOND TROPICAL WAVE ALONG 55W WILL THEN MOVE INTO THE 
EASTERN CARIBBEAN EARLY SUN...THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN MON...AND 
INTO THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN TUE. WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 
WAVES...AND DUE TO A RIDGE OF HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA WILL 
MAINTAIN 20-25 KT ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CARIBBEAN 
THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. A THIRD TROPICAL WAVE WILL REACH 
THE TROPICAL N ATLC WED AND THU. 

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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

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FORECASTER DGS