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AGXX40 KNHC 141726
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
126 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR THE GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN
SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 55W AND
64W...AND THE SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS.

...GULF OF MEXICO...
 
MODEL PREFERENCE: LATEST GFS BLENDED WITH PREVIOUS OFFICIAL
FORECAST. TAFB NWPS USED FOR WAVE HEIGHTS AND PRIMARY WAVE
PERIOD. HIGH CONFIDENCE.

1015 MB HIGH PRES CENTERED NEAR 26N91W IS MAINTAINING GENERALLY
LIGHT TO GENTLE BREEZES ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF AND MODERATE E
FLOW ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SE GULF. EVENING TROUGHING OVER
THE WEST COAST OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA IS RESULTING IN MODERATE
WINDS OVER THE SW GULF E OF 94W. SEAS OF 1 TO 2 FT IN MOST AREAS.


...CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN 
55W AND 64W...

MODEL PREFERENCE: LATEST GFS BLENDED WITH PREVIOUS OFFICIAL
FORECAST. TAFB NWPS USED FOR WAVE HEIGHTS AND PRIMARY WAVE
PERIOD. HIGH CONFIDENCE.

ATLC RIDGE N OF THE AREA COMBINED WITH LOW PRESSURE OVER NW
COLOMBIA WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT FRESH-STRONG TRADES PRIMARILY
OVER THE S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN. SEAS ARE 8 TO 10 FT IN THE S
CENTRAL TO SW CARIBBEAN AS A RESULT OF THE STRONG TRADE WINDS.
A TROPICAL WAVE BETWEEN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC VENEZUELA WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN THROUGH TONIGHT...AND ACROSS THE
WESTERN CARIBBEAN WED AND THU. ANOTHER TROPICAL WAVE WILL PASS
WEST OF 55W TONIGHT...ENTER THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN WED...CROSS THE
CENTRAL CARIBBEAN THU AND THROUGH THE WESTERN CARIBBEAN FRI AND
SAT. A THIRD TROPICAL WAVE WILL PASS WEST OF 55W LATE FRI AND
APPROACH THE WINDWARD ISLANDS SAT. THE AREA OF STRONG TRADE WINDS
WILL EXPAND ACROSS THE ENTIRE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN WED AND THU AS
HIGH PRES BUILDS IN THE WAKE OF THE FIRST TROPICAL WAVE MOVING
ACROSS THE REGION. THE AREA OF STRONG WINDS OVER THE CENTRAL
CARIBBEAN WILL SHRINK FRI INTO SAT AS HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA
WEAKENS.

  
...SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS...

MODEL PREFERENCE: LATEST GFS BLENDED WITH PREVIOUS OFFICIAL
FORECAST. TAFB NWPS USED FOR WAVE HEIGHTS AND PRIMARY WAVE
PERIOD. MEDIUM CONFIDENCE.

ATLC RIDGE EXTENDS FROM 28N65W THROUGH THE CENTRAL
BAHAMAS. THE PRES GRADIENT WILL TIGHTEN TODAY BETWEEN THIS RIDGE
AND LOW PRES DEVELOPING N OF THE AREA...ALLOWING SW WINDS N OF
29N W OF 70W TO INCREASE THROUGH LATE WED. THE RIDGE WILL ALSO
SUPPORT FRESH TO STRONG TRADE WINDS OFF THE NORTH COAST OF
HISPANIOLA EACH NIGHT THROUGH FRI NIGHT. 

$$

.WARNINGS...ANY CHANGES IMPACTING COASTAL NWS OFFICES WILL BE
COORDINATED THROUGH AWIPS 12 PLANET CHAT OR BY TELEPHONE:

.GULF OF MEXICO...
     NONE.

.CARIBBEAN SEA AND TROPICAL N ATLANTIC FROM 07N TO 19N BETWEEN
55W AND 64W...
     NONE.

.SW N ATLANTIC INCLUDING THE BAHAMAS...
     NONE.

$$

*FOR DETAILED ZONE DESCRIPTIONS PLEASE VISIT:
HTTP://WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/ABOUTTAFBPROD.SHTML#OWF

NOTE: GRIDDED MARINE FORECASTS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE
NATIONAL DIGITAL FORECAST DATABASE (NDFD) AT:
HTTP://WWW.NHC.NOAA.GOV/MARINE/GRIDS.PHP

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

$$

.FORECASTER DGS. NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.