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AGXX40 KNHC 010543
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EST FRI FEB 1 2008
 
MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM MOBILE ALABAMA 
TO 21N97W. NLY WINDS 25-30 KT W OF THE FRONT EARLY THEN DECREASE
THIS AFTERNOON. THE COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP RAPIDLY SEWD AND 
EXTEND FROM TAMPA BAY OF YUCATAN PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON THEN 
DISSIPATE SAT. HIGH PRESS BUILDS W OF FRONT THEN MOVES SUN WITH 
RETURN FLOW SETTING UP OVER THE GULF W OF 90W. THIS FLOW SPREADS 
OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE GULF MON WITH WINDS PICKING UP TO 
20-25 KT W OF 90W. ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE TEXAS COAST 
EARLY TUE AND EXTENDS FROM THE SW LOUISIANA COAST TO 23N97W BY 
LATE TUE.

ATLC SFC TROUGH E OF THE AREA WILL MOVE WWD BUT WEAKENS AS IT 
APPROACHES THE FAR E END OF THE ZONE LATER THIS MORNING THEN 
DISSIPATES BY THIS EVENING. SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT OVER 
THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE AREA AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THIS 
AFTERNOON. THE FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE AND WEAKENS FROM 31N75W TO 
CENTRAL FLORIDA TONIGHT THEN SLOWLY DISSIPATES BY SAT EVENING.
RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA MON AND TUE.

TROUGH IN THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE FROM 22N58W TO 12N55W WILL
DRIFT W AND DISSIPATE THIS EVENING. NE WINDS 15-20 KT W OF THE 
TROUGH COVER A GOOD PORTION OF THE CARIBBEAN E OF 80W. AS THE 
TROUGH BECOMES DIFFUSE AND ATLC RIDGE RE-BUILDS ELY TRADES OF 
20-25 KT INCREASE IN THE TROPICAL N ATLC N OF 17N FROM TONIGHT 
THROUGH SUN. THESE TRADES SPREAD WWD ACROSS THE N CARIBBEAN SUN 
AND INTO THE CENTRAL CARIBBEAN MON AND TUE.   

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS