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AGXX40 KNHC 310529
MIMATS

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

GULF OF MEXICO STATIONARY FRONT FROM TAMPA BAY TO TAMPICO MEXICO 
WILL MOVE N AS A WARM FRONT TODAY. THE NEXT COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
OFF THE TEXAS COAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE RAPIDLY AND
EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO BAY OF CAMPECHE TONIGHT
AND FROM TAMPA BAY TO YUCATAN PENINSULA FRI THEN DISSIPATE
FRI NIGHT. NLY WINDS BRIEFLY INCREASE TO 25 KT W OF FRONT
TONIGHT AND EARLY FRI. HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA OVER
THE WEEKEND THEN MOVES E MON WITH INCREASING SLY RETURN FLOW
OVER THE WESTERN GULF.

WEAK COLD FRONT OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE ATLC ZONE WILL MOVE
N AS A WARM FRONT LATER TODAY. A TROUGH MOVES TO ALONG 65W/66W
TONIGHT AND EARLY FRI THEN DISSIPATES FRI NIGHT. RIDGE BUILDS
ALONG 30N/31N SAT THROUGH MON INCREASING THE ELY WINDS S OF 
AROUND 26N.

ATLC RIDGE WILL KEEP 20-25 KT ELY TRADES OVER THE S CENTRAL
CARIBBEAN TODAY THEN DECREASE AS RIDGE WEAKENS AND TROUGH
MOVES INTO THE ATLC. THE RIDGE RE-BUILDS SUN AND MON WITH
INCREASING TRADES OVER THE CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLC ZONE
N OF 15N.

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS