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AGXX40 KNHC 041741
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 PM EST THU JAN 04 2008
 
MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

HIGH PRES OVER THE EASTERN U.S. IS SLOWLY WEAKENING WITH THE
STRONGEST WINDS CONFINED TO THE SE GULF OF MEXICO. BUOYS 
CURRENTLY INDICATING 20-25 KT WINDS IN THE SE GULF AND 10-15 KT 
ELSEWHERE. SLY RETURN FLOW PICKS UP TO AROUND 20 KT ACROSS THE 
WESTERN GULF LATER TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUE. A COLD FRONT
MOVES INTO THE NW GULF LATE TUE EXTENDING FROM SW LOUISIANA
TO S TEXAS. THE FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY TO THE FLORIDA BIG
BEND TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE WED. NLY WINDS INCREASE BRIEFLY
W OF THE FRONT. 

SEVERAL SHIPS REPORTED 35 KT WINDS N OF HISPANIOLA AND E CUBA
AT 12Z THIS MORNING SO PUT UP A GALE WARNING. DO NOT EXPECT 
THESE CONDITION TO LAST LONG...ENDING AROUND 00Z. WILL MENTION
GALE FORCE WINDS EARLY AND ENDING LATER THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE
HIGH PRES ACROSS THE AREA. THE GRADIENT IS STARTING TO WEAKEN 
ACROSS THE N PORTION OF THE AREA WITH WINDS DECREASING TO AROUND
15 KT...HOWEVER LARGE SWELL CONTINUE THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE ON SAT.
ELY WINDS REMAIN 20-25 KT S OF 27N. THE HIGH WEAKENS EVEN MORE 
ON TUE WITH DECREASING WINDS.

COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE NEAR
22N61W TO THE MONA PASSAGE TO JAMAICA THEN STATIONARY TO 
NICARAGUA. THE FRONT WILL BECOME DIFFUSE LATER TONIGHT. STRONG 
WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH SUN THEN DECREASE TO 
15 TO 20 KT BY MON THROUGH WED.

WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
GALE WARNING...

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS