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AGXX40 KNHC 140457
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
130 AM THU SEP 14 2006

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

LARGE SWELLS FROM WHAT WAS ONCE HURRICANE FLORENCE CONTINUE 
ACROSS THE ATLC...WITH BUOYS INDICATING SEAS 8 TO 10 FT. THE 
SWELLS SHOULD SUBSIDE THROUGH DAY AND SHOULD BE BELOW 8 FT BY 
TONIGHT AND 5 FT OR LESS BY SAT. COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE 
GEORGIA COAST THIS AFTERNOON BUT WINDS REMAIN GENERALLY LIGHT.
THE FRONT CONTINUES TO SLIDE ACROSS THE N PORTION OF THE AREA 
THROUGH MON AS HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER SE U.S. 

MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN EXCEPT FOR THE USUAL 
STRONGER WINDS CONFINED TO JUST OFF THE COLOMBIAN COAST. WINDS 
INCREASE OVER THE TROPICAL N ATLC AND E CARIBBEAN TONIGHT AND 
FRI...THEN SHIFT TO THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN FRI NIGHT THROUGH SUN 
WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 12 FT. THE GRADIENT RELAXES A BIT ON MON 
WITH WINDS AND SEAS GRADUALLY SUBSIDING. TROPICAL STORM HELENE 
IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN E/NE OF THE TROPICAL N ATLC WATERS...BUT 
COULD BRING SOME SWELLS TO THE NE PORTION OF THE AREA LATE IN 
THE PERIOD.

COLD FRONT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO EXTENDS FROM THE FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE TO NEAR BROWNSVILLE TEXAS. THE FRONT IS WEAK AND WINDS 
SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT. SEAS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO REMAIN 
LOW...GENERALLY 1-3 FT. THE FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE N GULF AND 
SHOULD DISSIPATE BY SAT. HIGH PRES BECOMES RE-ESTABLISHED OVER 
THE SE U.S. SUN AND MON...TURNING WINDS MORE E/SE AND POSSIBLY 
INCREASING THE RETURN FLOW OFF THE TEXAS/NE MEXICO COAST.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE. 

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS