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AGXX40 KNHC 201726
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
130 PM FRI OCT 20 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 EXTENDS FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO 
26N95W TO THE COAST OF MEXICO NEAR 20N97W. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN 
AND BECOME STATIONARY ALONG 27N/28N TONIGHT AND EARLY SAT THEN 
BECOME DIFFUSE SAT AFTERNOON. BUOYS STILL SHOWING 15 TO 20 KT 
NLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT...BUT THEY SHOULD DECREASE THROUGH 
THE EVENING. WINDS SHIFT TO THE S OVER THE WESTERN GULF SAT AS 
HIGH PRES MOVES E IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT. THE FRONT 
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY SUN AND EXTEND 
FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO BROWNSVILLE TX SUN AFTERNOON AND 
FROM SW FLORIDA TO 25N94W THE S INTO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE MON 
THEN E OF THE AREA TUE. STRONG HIGH PRES OVER THE SE U.S. WILL 
KEEP ELY WINDS 20-25 KT TUE...THE HIGH SHIFTS E AND THE WINDS 
BECOME SLY OVER THE WESTERN GULF WED.

WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE ATLC 
LATER TONIGHT...THEN BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY SAT AND DISSIPATE
SAT NIGHT. RIDGE BUILDS ALONG 28N SUN THE MOVES E AS THE NEXT 
COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST MON. THE FRONT WILL 
EXTEND FROM 31N73W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA MON AFTERNOON AND FROM 
29N65W TO W CUBA TUE AFTERNOON THEN WEAKEN ALONG 23N WED. NLY 
WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT W OF FRONT MON AND TUE THEN DECREASE
WED.

WEAK PRES PATTERN CONTINUES ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN WITH A LOW PRES 
NEAR THE SE TIP OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC WITH A TROUGH FROM THE 
LOW SSW TO THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. THE LOW WILL MOVE N AND 
DISSIPATE BY SUN WHILE THE TROUGH DRIFTS NW AND FINALLY BECOMES 
DIFFUSE LATE MON IN THE NW CARIBBEAN. MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ACROSS 
THE AREA AT THIS TIME...BUT THE TRADES WILL PICK UP SOME OVER 
THE EASTER CARIBBEAN SUN THE SPREAD WWD THROUGH WED.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS