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AGXX40 KNHC 080729
MIMATS
MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
330 AM EDT MON SEP 08 2008
MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...
CARIBBEAN SEA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.
GULF OF MEXICO...
WEAK RIDGE OVER SERN CONUS IS ONLY FEATURE PRESENT IN GULF OF
MEXICO. HURCN IKE IS ONLY FEATURE OF CONCERN DURING REMAINDER
OF FORECAST PERIOD. RIDGE KEEP MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS AND SLIGHT
SEAS THROUGHOUT BASIN TODAY...TONIGHT AND TUE...TILL IKE ENTERS
SE GULF THROUGH NW TIP OF CUBA HEADING NW AS CAT 1 HURRICANE.
WARM GULF WATERS AND FAVORABLE UPPER ENVIRONMENT MAKE IKE A
CANDIDATE TO EVENTUALLY BECOME MAJOR HURRICANE AGAIN. WARNINGS
ISSUED BY NHC UNDER WMO HEADER WTNT24/MIATCMAT4 PROVIDE DETAIL
INFORMATION ON TRACK AND INTENSITY OF IKE.
LATEST ADVISORY BRINGS HURRICANE IKE INTO SE GULF LATE TUE WITH
HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS COVERING MOST OF ERN
HALF OF BASIN THROUGH WED NIGHT SPREADING W OF 90W THU AND FRI.
SW N ATLC...
EFFECTS OF HURCN IKE...PRESENTLY ENTERING CUBA NEAR HOLGUIN...
STILL FELT S OF 28N WITH STRONG ELY WIND AND LONG PERIOD SWELLS
NOTED ALONG FLORIDA SE COAST. CONDITIONS SUBSIDING AS IKE IS
FORECAST TO CONTINUE INLAND CUBA TILL LATE TUE THEN ENTER GULF
OF MEXICO. STRONG SE WIND DIMINISH THROUGH LATE THU WITH SEAS
SUBSIDING LATE FRI.
LIGHT TO MODERATE E-SE WINDS N OF 28N PRODUCED BY REBUILDING
RIDGE SET UP ALONG 34N THROUGH FORECAST PERIOD.
A SURFACE TROUGH...REMNANTS OF JOSEPHINE...APPROACH 65W LATE FRI
SHIFTING WINDS NE BUT REMAIN LIGHT TO MODERATE.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXPECTED ACROSS NRN CARIBBEAN AS
HURRICANE IKE MOVES THROUGH CUBA TODAY THROUGH TUE...MAINLY N OF
19N W OF JAMAICA. ELSEWHERE...TRADE WINDS LIGHTER THAN USUAL AS
PRES PATTERN REMAINS WEAK THROUGH TUE INCREASING TO MODERATE AS
IKE MOVES AWAY AND ATLC RIDGE REBUILDS. WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH
TROPICAL WAVE PRESENTLY ALONG 64W CONTINUE SPREADING W AT 15 KT.
WARNINGS...
SUBJECT TO CHANGE BASED ON LATEST NHC ADVISORY
ATLANTIC...
HURRICANE WARNING S OF 24N W OF 75W...AMZ080
CARIBBEAN...
TROPICAL STORM WARNING N OF 19N FROM 75W TO 81W...AMZ082 AND
AMZ086
GULF OF MEXICO...
HURRICANE AND TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUE AND WED...
GMZ084 AND GMZ086
FORECASTER WALLY BARNES. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.
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