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AGXX40 KNHC 071653
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 PM FRI JUL 07 2006

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

COLD FRONT CURRENTLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO EXTENDS 
FROM NW FLORIDA TO NEAR CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS. THE FRONT SHOULD 
BECOME STATIONARY TONIGHT THEN DISSIPATE ON SAT. OTHERWISE VERY 
WEAK PRES PATTERN CONTINUES ACROSS THE GULF...WITH WINDS 
GENERALLY 5 TO 10 KT AND BUOYS REPORTING SEAS AT 1 TO 2 FT.
WEAK RIDGE ALONG 25N WILL MOVE N TO 29N BY MON AND ALONG 30N TUE 
AND WED. ELY WINDS PICK UP TO AROUND 15 KT MON AND TUE OVER THE 
SOUTHERN GULF...OTHERWISE WINDS SHOULD REMAIN 10 KT OR LESS 
THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

COLD FRONT HAS MOVED OFF THE SE U.S. COAST EXTENDING FROM 31N77W
TO 29N81W. BUOYS STILL INDICATING SLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KT AHEAD 
OF THE FRONT...BUT THEY SHOULD INCREASE TO 20 KT TONIGHT AS 
INDICATED BY BOTH THE GFS AND THE NAM. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN AND 
BECOME STATIONARY SAT THEN DISSIPATE ON SUN. OTHERWISE RIDGE 
REMAINS ALONG 27N/28N E OF 75W...WITH 15 TO 20 KT WINDS 
GENERALLY S OF 25N. THE NORTHERN PORTION OF A TROPICAL WAVE WILL 
MOVE OVER THE SE PORTION OF THE AREA MON THEN MOVE INTO THE 
BAHAMAS TUE AND INTO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA WED. SE WINDS 
INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KT E OF THE WAVE AXIS.

WILL LET THE GALE IN THE CARIBBEAN EXPIRE AND DROP THE GALE 
WARNINGS. HOWEVER WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG...DECREASING SOME BY 
SUN WITH THE STRONGEST WIND IN THE TYPICAL AREAS NEAR THE COAST 
OF COLOMBIA AND VENEZUELA. A TROPICAL WAVE E OF THE AREA 
WILL MOVE INTO THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE LATE SAT AND INTO THE E 
CARIBBEAN SUN AND INTO THE W CARIBBEAN BY WED. WIND INCREASE TO 
20-25 KT E OF THE WAVE AXIS AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS