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MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 PM EDT MON JUN 25 2012

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
TROPICAL STORM DEBBY CENTERED NEAR 28.6N85.2W AT 1500 UTC WITH 
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS 40 KT GUSTS TO 50 KT MOVING NE AT 5 
KT...WITH PRES AT 994 MB. DEBBY IS FORECAST MOVE TO 28.8N85.1W 
TONIGHT WITH WINDS DECREASING TO 35 KT GUSTS TO 45 KT. WINDS 
WITH TRPICAL STORM DEBBY ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN AT 35 KT GUST TO 
45 KT NEAR 28.9N84.9W TUE AND NEAR 29.284.4W WED AND NEAR 
29.5N83.5W THU. DEBBY IS FORCAST TO MOVE INLAND THU NIGHT AND 
FRI.

SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 65W...
WEAK RIDGE DOMINATES THE AREA PRODUCING MAINLY LIGHT WINDS E OF 
THE BAHAMAS. PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN T.S. DEBBY AND THE ATLC RIDGE 
IS RESULTING IN SE TO S WINDS 20 KT WITH ISOLATED SPOTS TO 25 KT 
ACROSS STRAITS OF FLORIDA...THE EAST FLORIDA COAST AND THE NW 
BAHAMAS. THIS WEATHER PATTERN IS FORECAST TO PERSIST THROUGH WED 
THEN WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DIMINISH BELOW 20 KT AS DEBBY LIKELY 
MOVES INLAND.  

CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W...
MODERATE TO FRESH E TO SE TRADES WILL PREVAIL ACROSS MUCH OF THE 
CARIBBEAN...WITH OCCASIONALLY HIGHER WINDS ALONG THE N COAST OF 
SOUTH AMERICA THROUGH THU DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF A WEAK RIDGE N 
OF THE AREA. LIGHT TO MODERATE TRADES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE 
TROPICAL N ATLC. A TROPICAL WAVE IS FORECAST TO ENTER THE 
TROPICAL N ATLC LATER TODAY AND INTO THE CARIBBEAN TUE THROUGH 
THU.  

NOTE...GRIDDED MARINE OUTPUT IS AVAILABLE AT 
WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/TAFB/GRIDDED_MARINE (LOWER CASE)

GULF OF MEXICO...
.TROPICAL STORM WARNING GMZ15.

CARIBBEAN SEA...
.NONE.

SW N ATLANTIC...
.NONE.
    
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT
WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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FORECASTER DGS