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AGXX40 KNHC 060549
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008
 
MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE NW GULF OF MEXICO AND WILL EXTEND FROM
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO 19N95W BY THIS AFTERNOON. CURRENT
FORECAST BRINGS WINDS TO GALE FORCE S OF 25N W OF THE FRONT LATER
THIS MORNING. THE GALE IS VERY SHORT LIVED WITH WINDS BELOW GALE
FORCE BY TONIGHT. THE FRONT STALLS AND  WEAKENS THU FROM TAMPA 
BAY TO EASTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE THEN DISSIPATES FRI. STRONG HIGH
PRES BUILDS N OF THE AREA SUN WITH NE-E WINDS INCREASING TO
20-25 KT.

ATLC RIDGE ALONG 28N/29N WILL MOVE E AS COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE 
SE U.S. COAST LATE TONIGHT. SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 KT AHEAD 
OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT WEAKENS FROM 31N74W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA
FRI AND DISSIPATES SAT. ANOTHER FRONT SWEEPS INTO THE AREA SUN 
EXTENDING FROM 31N69W TO THE STRAITS OF FLORIDA. NW WINDS 20-25 
KT INCREASE BEHIND THE FRONT.

ATLC RIDGE KEEPING BRISK TRADES ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH SAT
THEN DECREASE ON SUN AS STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE ATLC
AND RIDGE MOVES EWD.

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
GALE WARNING WED SW GULF W OF FRONT...GMZ082

FORECASTER DGS