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AGXX40 KNHC 081826
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
126 PM EDT THU NOV 08 2007

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

NORTHERLY 20 KT WINDS SOUTH OF 25N EAST OF 88W IN THE GULF OF 
MEXICO SHOW UP IN SSMI AND QUIKSCAT DATA. THIS SITUATION IS 
FORECAST ONLY TO CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 12 HOURS OR SO.

A COLD FRONT STRETCHES FROM ANDROS ISLAND TO NORTH CENTRAL CUBA 
TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON. THE FRONT BECOMES 
STATIONARY FROM THE YUCATAN PENINSULA COASTAL SOUTH TEXAS NEAR 
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN MEXICO. THE STATIONARY FRONT WILL NOT BE
A FOCUS FOR WIND OR SEAS...AND MOST PROBABLY IT WILL DISSIPATE 
WITH TIME. BROAD SURFACE ANTICYCLONIC FLOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS 
THE OPEN GULF WATERS FOR THE NEXT 5 DAYS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE 
FROM CENTRAL TEXAS TO THE TEXAS GULF COAST ON WEDNESDAY OF THE 
NEXT WEEK.

AN ATLANTIC OCEAN COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH 31N67W TO NORTH 
CENTRAL CUBA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE
ONLY A FEW DEGREES OF LONGITUDE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 KT WILL BE BEHIND THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT...AND THEN WILL SUBSIDE TO 10-15 KT FRI AND SAT.
THE WINDS MAY PICK UP IN THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE AREA 
ON SUNDAY AS A SECONDARY SURGE OF NORTHWESTERLY-TO-NORTHERLY
WINDS BRUSHES THE AREA THEN QUICKLY MOVES EASTWARD.

A STATIONARY SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDS FROM HAITI TO SOUTHEASTERN 
NICARAGUA. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KT ARE FILTERING 
SOUTHWARD FROM THE NORTHWESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA TO THE WEST OF THE 
TROUGH. THIS CONDITION WILL CONTINUE FOR THE FIRST 24 HOURS
OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. A COLD FRONT GOES FROM NORTH CENTRAL 
CUBA TO THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. TRADE WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING
THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS
THE WESTERN ATLANTIC OCEAN.

WARNINGS...
ATLC OCEAN...
NONE.   

CARIBBEAN SEA...
NONE. 

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER MT