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AGXX40 KNHC 120504
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION   
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
115 AM FRI MAY 12 2006

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

GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM TAMPA BAY TO 
20N96W. THE FRONT WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON AND 
HIGH PRES WILL BUILD ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF. NLY WINDS W OF 
THE FRONT HAVE DECREASED TO 10 TO 15 KT AND WILL DECREASE EVEN 
MOVE LATER TODAY AND INTO SAT. THE HIGH WILL MOVE E LATE SAT AND 
SLY WINDS WILL RETURN TO THE WESTERN GULF. THE NEXT COLD FRONT 
WILL APPROACH THE TEXAS COAST SUN AND EXTEND FROM CENTRAL 
FLORIDA TO S TEXAS SUN AND FROM S FLORIDA TO BAY OF CAMPECHE 
TUE. WINDS BEHIND THIS FRONT WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS THE 
PREVIOUS FRONT.

COLD FRONT IS MOVING OFF THE GEORGIA AND N FLORIDA COAST AT THIS 
TIME AND WILL MOVE TO 31N74W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA BY THIS 
AFTERNOON AND FROM 31N68W TO 24N80W SAT THEN DISSIPATE SUN. THE 
FRONT IS WEAK AND WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. SLY 
WINDS PICK UP OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA AHEAD OF YET 
ANOTHER FRONT LATE SUN AND MON. THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO 31N78W 
MON THEN WEAKEN FROM 31N75W TO 26N80W TUE.

LIGHTER THAN NORMAL TRADES ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN WILL CONTINUE 
WITH THE ABSENCE OF HIGH PRES IN THE ATLC. THE ONLY EXCEPTION 
BEING THE GULF OF HONDURAS...WHERE ELY WINDS AT 15 TO 20 KT 
TODAY THEN DECREASE TO 10 TO 15 KT TONIGHT. BY SUN WINDS SHOULD 
PICK UP A LITTLE IN THE CARIBBEAN AND INCREASE EVEN MORE ON MON
AND TUE AS HIGH PRES REBUILDS FROM THE NE.

WARNINGS...
NONE.  

FORECASTER DGS