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AGXX40 KNHC 311731
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 
100 PM EST SUN DEC 31 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 MOBILE ALABAMA TO THE BAY 
OF CAMPECHE. THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO 
20N91W LATER TONIGHT AND FROM TAMPA BAY TO YUCATAN PENINSULA MON 
AFTERNOON THEN E OF THE AREA TUE. HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE 
NORTHERN GULF BEHIND THE FRONT. COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM WEAK LOW 
PRES OVER SE TEXAS TO 22N97W THU. THE FRONT WEAKENS FROM THE 
FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO 25N92W FRI. THE STRONG NLY WINDS W OF THE 
FRONT WILL BE CONFINED MAINLY TO S OF 25N TONIGHT THROUGH MON 
NIGHT. THEN DECREASE TUE.

RIDGE ACROSS THE ATLC IS PRODUCING MODERATE TO STRONG ELY WINDS 
S OF AROUND 25N. THE RIDGE MOVES EWD MON AS A WEAK COLD FRONT 
MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST MON NIGHT AND EXTENDS FROM 31N74W TO 
26N80W TUE. THE FRONT WEAKENS EVEN MORE TUE NIGHT FROM 31N65W TO 
27N74W THEN BECOMES STIOTIONARY ALONG 30N WED AND THU AND 
DISSIPATES FRI. SLY WINDS INCREASE OVER THE FAR NW PORTION OF 
THE AREA AS ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES THE SE U.S. COAST.

WITH THE ATLC RIDGE IN PLACE...STRONG TRADES CONTINUE ACROSS 
MOST OF THE CARIBBEAN WITH THE STRONGEST IN THE TYPICAL AREAS 
NEAR THE COAST OF S AMERICA...WITH WINDS THERE 25-30 KT. THESE 
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK...THEN
DECREASE SLIGHTLY BY FRI.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS