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AGXX40 KNHC 301752
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 PM EST MON OCT 30 2006

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

UPPER LEVELS...
ANTICYCLONE CENTERED NEAR 22N62W WITH A RIDGE ACROSS THE AREA 
ALONG 22N.  A LONG WAVE MIDDLE LATITUDE TROUGH WILL MOVE OVER 
THE AREA FROM THE WEST AND BY SATURDAY COVER THE ENTIRE AREA 
NORTH OF 24N WITH AN AXIS ALONG FLORIDA.  NO STRONG SHORTWAVES 
ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE LONGWAVE TROUGH DURING THE 
PERIOD.

SURFACE...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE OFF THE EAST U.S. COAST INCREASING THE 
EASTERLY WIND NORTH OF A SURFACE TROUGH THE REMNANT OF AN OLD 
FRONTAL ZONE WITH THE WINDS 20 KNOTS CONFINED TO NORTH OF 26N IN 
THE ATLANTIC.  IN THE CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLANTIC NEAR 20 
KNOT WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY THEN AS THE HIGH 
NORTH OF THE AREA MOVES EAST THE WINDS WILL FALL TO LESS THAN 20 
KT THROUGH SATURDAY.  NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF TEXAS COAST 
EARLY WEDNESDAY BUT THERE WILL NOT BE MUCH OF A HIGH NW OF THE 
FRONT.  THE FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST EARLY 
THURSDAY AND EXTEND ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA TO THE YUCATAN 
PENINSULA.  A LARGER HIGH WILL BUILD BEHIND THE FRONT THURSDAY 
WITH INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS W OF THE FRONT DURING THURSDAY.  
BY FRIDAY THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM NEAR BERMUDA TO THE 
NORTHEAST YUCATAN PENINSULA WITH 20 TO 25 KT WINDS WEST OF THE 
FRONT OVER THE ATLANTIC WEST OF 75W AND THE GULF OF MEXICO. BY 
SATURDAY THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM NEAR 31N63W TO THE GULF OF 
HONDURAS WITH 20 TO 25 KT WINDS NW OF THE FRONT. BY SATURDAY THE 
FRONTAL TROUGH WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE SOME SOUTHERLY 
WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT NORTH OF ABOUT 26N.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER LL