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AGXX40 KNHC 241835
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
255 PM EDT WED AUG 24 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...
WEAK PRES PATTERN CONTINUES WITH 1014MB HIGH PRES OVER N CENTRAL 
GULF WITH A LIGHT BREEZE OVER ENTIRE BASIN.  PATTERN PERSIST 
INTO FRI WITH AN INCREASE TO FRESH NE WINDS OVER ERN GULF DUE TO 
ADVANCE OF HURRICANE IRENE OVER WRN ATLC...THEN BACK TO THE NW 
THROUGH SAT AS IRENE MOVE N TOWARDS CAROLINAS AND WEAK COLD 
FRONT MOVES INTO LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.  FRONT DISSIPATES 
OVER N GULF COAST SUN AS IRENE LIFTS OUT TO THE NE LEAVING LIGHT 
NORTHERLY FLOW ACROSS BASIN. 
   
SW ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W...
HURCN IRENE OVER SE BAHAMA ISLANDS...CURRENTLY A MAJOR CATEGORY 
THREE HURRICANE...FORECAST TO INTENSIFY FURTHER AS IT MOVES N-NW 
ACROSS BAHAMAS THROUGH FRI.  IRENE THEN TRACK MORE N AND BE OUT 
OF AREA BY FRI NIGHT...WITH AN EXPANDING WIND FIELD.  IRENE IS A
LARGE SYSTEM IMPACTING ENTIRE SW ATLC ZONE WITH AT LEAST STRONG 
WINDS AND SEAS GREATER THAN 8 FT ELSEWHERE OVER ATLC WATERS W OF 
65W.  REFER TO WTNT24 KNHC/MIATCMAT4 FOR LATEST INFORMATION ON 
IRENE. 

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC S OF 22N W OF 55W...LARGE 
CYCLONIC WIND FIELD AROUND IRENE COVER ENTIRE CARIBBEAN THIS 
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE NW WINDS ON THE 
WESTERN SIDE OF BASIN AND FRESH SE BREEZE ON EASTERN CARIBBEAN 
AND TROPICAL ATLC ZONES.  SEAS REMAIN SLIGHT THROUGHOUT.  WINDS 
OVER NE CARIBBEAN START TO INCREASE SUN AS HIGH PRES BUILDS N OF 
AREA OVER WESTERN ATLC IN THE WAKE OF IRENE NORTHWARD MOVE. 

WARNINGS...

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
.NONE.

SW N ATLC...
.AMZ080...HURCN WRNG S OF 28N E OF 70W.
          
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT
HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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FORECASTER WALLY BARNES