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AGXX40 KNHC 030555
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT WED AUG 3 2011

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
HIGH PRES IS CENTERED OVER THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO WITH RIDGE 
ALONG 26N. SHIP AND BUOY DATA INDICATE CALM TO LIGHT WINDS WITH 
SEAS 1 TO 2 FT OVER MUCH OF THE GULF. HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL 
PREVAIL OVER THE GULF THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD MAINTAINING 
THESE CONDITIONS THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD.

SW NORTH ATLC...
WEAK SURFACE RIDGE WILL CONTINUE ALONG 26N TODAY THEN SHIFT 
GRADUALLY NORTHWARD TO ALONG 29N BY THU. SURFACE TROUGH FROM 
31N70W TO 30N80W WILL DISSIPATE LATER TODAY, LATEST NHC ADVISORY 
BRINGS TROPICAL STORM EMILY JUST SE OF THE BAHAMAS EARLY THU 
THEN THROUGH THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS NEAR 26N77.5W FRI EVENING THEN 
TO NEAR 29.5N 78.5W SAT EVENING AND N OF THE AREA SUN. FORECAST 
WILL BE BASED ON THE 09Z ADVISORY.


CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W...
THE MAIN FEATURE OVER THE FORECAST PERIOD REMAINS TROPICAL STORM 
EMILY. AT 06Z EMILY WAS LOCATED NEAR 16.3N 67.5W MOVING W OR 285 
DEG AT 11 KT. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 45 KT WITH GUSTS TO 
55 KT. MINIMUM PRES WAS 1006 MB. EMILY IS FORECAST TO MOVE W-NW 
ACROSS THE NE CARIBBEAN TODAY THEN INTO HISPANIOLA TONIGHT  THEN 
INTO THE SW N ATLC THU. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND HIGHEST SEAS 
REMAIN OVER THE N SEMICIRCLE. ASIDE FROM TROPICAL STORM 
EMILY...MODERATE TO FRESH TRADEWINDS PREVAIL ACROSS THE 
REMAINDER OF THE AREA. AFTER EMILY SHIFTS N OF THE FORECAST AREA 
THU...FRESH TO STRONG TRADES ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL OVER THE 
CENTRAL CARIBBEAN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. 

WARNINGS...

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.
 
SW N ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
.AMZ086...TROPICAL STORM WARNING THROUGH THU MORNING N OF 15N E 
OF 71W.

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

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FORECASTER DGS