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AGXX40 KNHC 261635
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 PM EDT THU APR 26 2007

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

GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI TO 
NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO. BUOYS INDICATING 10-15 KT WINDS BOTH AHEAD 
AND BEHIND THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO FLORIDA PANHANDLE 
TO 25N90W LATER TONIGHT AND DISSIPATING FROM FLORIDA BIG BEND
TO 26N86W FRI. HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILDS W OF THE FRONT WITH MOSTLY 
LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MON. ON TUE THE HIGH MOVES 
EWD AND LOW PRES DEVELOPS OVER TEXAS...LEADING TO INCREASING SLY 
WINDS ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF TUE.

SLY WINDS EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE ATLC 
TONIGHT BETWEEN THE ATLC RIDGE AND COLD FRONT IN THE GULF OF 
MEXICO. THE RIDGE REMAINS ALONG 29N/30N THROUGH FRI THEN MOVES E 
AS A COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST LATE FRI NIGHT EARLY 
SAT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N76W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA SAT 
AFTERNOON AND FROM 31N70W TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA SUN AND 
DISSIPATE MON. ELY WINDS 15-20 KT WILL CONTINUE S OF 25N THROUGH 
FRI NIGHT WITH THE RIDGE IN PLACE TO THE N...BUT AS THE RIDGE 
MOVES EWD IN ADVANCE OF THE APPROACHING FRONT THE WINDS WILL 
DECREASE SAT THROUGH TUE.

NE WINDS 15-20 KT OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN TONIGHT AND FRI THEN 
DECREASE TO 10-15 KT SAT. OTHERWISE TYPICAL TRADES ACROSS THE 
REMAINDER OF THE CARIBBEAN...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS ALONG THE 
COAST OF COLOMBIA.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS