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AGXX40 KNHC 080648
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
155 AM EST WED NOV 08 2006

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

SW N ATLC...
THE REMNANTS OF THE FRONTAL TROUGH EXTEND ALONG 24N55W 25N70W 
AND ARE LIFTING NE ATTM AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE NW 
WATERS. SLY FLOW AHEAD OF FRONT ALREADY IN THE 20 TO 30 KT RANGE 
WITH THE GFS HINTING AT NEAR GALE FORCE SLY WINDS N OF 30N E OF 
67W BRIEFLY LATE TONIGHT. WILL CONTINUE CURRENT WORDING OF 20-30 
KT WITH GUSTS...SUSTAINED PLUS 15 KT...TO GALE FORCE. NWW3 
SUGGESTING MAX HEIGHTS TO 15 FT. FRONTAL PSN ARE 31N70W TO N 
CENTRAL CUBA TONIGHT...31N62W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE SUNRISE 
FRI...AND FRONTAL TROUGH 23N55W 19N70W SUNRISE SAT...THEN 
DIFFUSE W OF 55W SAT NIGHT. NEXT FRONT RACES OFF GA COAST 
MIDNIGHT SAT NIGHT REACHING FROM BERMUDA TO CENTRAL FL SUNSET 
SUN. 

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
MOST OF THE PERSISTENT REMNANTS OF THE FRONTAL TROUGH HAVE 
LIFTED NE OF CUBA BUT A FEW CELLS STILL FLARING ALONG S CUBAN 
COAST. NEXT COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH YUCATAN CHANNEL AT THE 
MOMENT. EXPECT FRONT TO REACH LINE FROM WINDWARD PASSAGE TO 
CENTRAL GULF OF HONDURAS SUNRISE FRI THE GRADUALLY WASH OUT   
OVER WATERS N OF 18N W OF 65W THROUGH SUN. 00Z SHIPS AND SSMI 
PASS INDICATING SWATH OF ELY 15-20 KT TRADES OVER THE CENTRAL 
CARIBBEAN WATERS. THE GFS CONTINUES WITH ELY 15-20 KT ALONG 
COAST COLOMBIA THROUGH PERIOD BUT SPREADING W TO NICARAGUA SAT
THEN WEAKENING AGAIN TO 15 KT ON SUN.
  
GULF OF MEXICO...COLD FRONT OVER SE WATERS ATTM SHOULD CLEAR 
STRAITS OF FL BY MID MORNING. NW 15-20 KT OVER NE WATERS WILL 
WEAKEN TONIGHT TO 10 KT AS HIGH PRES SHIFTS E ACROSS CENTRAL 
WATERS AND SLY RETURN BEGINS WRN WATERS INCREASING TO 15-20 KT 
LATE THU. SLY FLOW WILL SPREAD E ACROSS ALL WATERS BY LATE FRI.
MODELS SPEEDING UP NEXT FRONT EVENT...NOW AT TX COAST MIDNIGHT 
FRI ACCOMPANIED BY NLY 20-25 KT. FRONT SEEMS TO ONLY GO AS FAR S 
AS 25N BY SUNRISE SUN OVER E WATERS BUT SURGES INTO BAY OF 
CAMPECHE W OF 94W.  

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER NELSON