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AGXX40 KNHC 291747
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 PM EST FRI DEC 28 2006

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

UPPER LEVELS...
STRONG SHORT WAVE TROUGH OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES EXTENDS EAST AND 
COVERS THE NORTHWEST GULF OF MEXICO. ATLC AND CARIB REMAIN UNDER THE 
INFLUENCE OF AN ANTICYCLONE CENTERED EAST OF THE AREA NEAR 24N42W 
WITH A RIDGE EXTENDING WWD TO THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN. THE SHORT WAVE 
WILL MOVE VERY SLOWLY NORTHEAST ACROSS THE U.S. THE RIDGE AXIS WILL 
REMAIN OVER THE AREA JUST S OF 20N WITH WESTERLIES N OF 27N.

SURFACE...
STRONG RIDGE N OF THE AREA ALONG 35N WITH A 1032 MB HIGH CENTERED 
OFF THE CAROLINA COAST NEAR 35N70W WILL MAINTAIN FRESH TO STRONG ELY 
TRADE WINDS OVER THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH SAT. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE 
OFF TEXAS COAST LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY SAT. SFC LOW WILL SLOWLY TRACK 
N OF THE AREA OVER THE U.S. FOLLOWING THE PATH OF THE SHORT WAVE 
MENTIONED ABOVE. ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE TO WESTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA MIDDAY SUN AND NORTH FLORIDA 
TO YUCATAN PENINSULA MIDDAY MON. BY MIDDAY TUE IT WILL EXTEND FROM 
NEAR 31N72W TO SOUTH CENTRAL FLORIDA THEN DIFFUSE OVER THE SE GULF 
OF MEXICO. THE FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE EFFECT OF WEAKENING AND 
MOVING EAST THE STRONG RIDGE ALONG 35N. THE WINDS OVER THE AREA WILL 
DECREASE SOME SAT THROUGH TUE EXCEPT FOR THE SRN CARIB WHERE FRESH 
TO STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUE.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER MUNDELL