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AGXX40 KNHC 030539
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EST SUN FEB 3 2008
 
MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

INCREASING RETURN FLOW IN THE GULF OF MEXICO W OF 90W REACHES 20 
KT TONIGHT AND MON AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT THAT MOVES 
OFF THE TEXAS COAST LATE TUE. THE FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY ACROSS THE 
AREA EXTENDING FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO BAY OF CAMPECHE WED
AFTERNOON THEN E OF THE AREA THU. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 25 KT
W OF THE FRONT WED THEN DECREASE THU.

DISSIPATING STATIONARY FRONT IN THE ATLC FROM 31N72W TO CENTRAL
FLORIDA WILL BECOME DIFFUSE LATER THIS MORNING. RIDGE BUILDS
ACROSS THE AREA ALONG 30N...WITH LIGHT WINDS N OF 25N AND ELY
WINDS 15-20 KT S OF 25N MON AND TUE. SW WINDS INCREASE OVER THE 
NW PORTION OF THE AREA WED AHEAD OF COLD FRONT WHICH MOVES OFF 
THE SE U.S. COAST LATE WED AND EXTENDS FROM 31N72W TO 26N80W 
LATE THU.

STRONG ELY WINDS IN TRPCL ATLC N OF 15N WILL SPREAD INTO ERN AND 
CENTRAL CARIBBEAN SUN THROUGH TUE THEN WEAKEN WED AND THU AS 
ATLC HIGH PRES MOVES E AS A COLD FRONT MOVES OFF N FLORIDA 
COAST. 

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS