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AGXX40 KNHC 251726
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 PM EST MON FEB 25 2008

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

SLY WINDS SHOULD INCREASE ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO 
LATER THIS EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND
FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE W BAY OF CAMPECHE TUE 
AFTERNOON AND FROM SW FLORIDA TO YUCATAN PENINSULA EARLY WED THE 
E OF THE AREA LATE WED. STILL EXPECTING A BRIEF PERIOD OF GALE
FORCE WINDS OVER THE SW GULF W OF THE FRONT LATE TUE AND TUE 
NIGHT. STRONG NLY WINDS W OF THE FRONT WILL DECREASE FROM W TO E 
WED. HIGH PRES MOVES INTO THE U.S. THU AND SLY WINDS PICK UP 
OVER THE NW GULF. ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY ACROSS THE 
NORTHERN GULF FRI NIGHT EARLY SAT THEN E OF THE AREA SAT
AFTERNOON.

ATLC COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM 31N67W TO STRAITS OF 
FLORIDA WILL MOVE TO 29N65W TO 27N73W THIS EVENING AND E OF THE 
AREA TUE. WEAK HIGH PRES BUILDS BEHIND THE FRONT MOVES E TUE 
EVENING. SW WINDS INCREASE OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA LATE 
TUE AND TUE NIGHT AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE
WED EXTENDING FROM 31N75W TO 27N80W WED AFTERNOON. THE GFS 
BRINGS WINDS TO GALE FORCE FOR A BRIEF TIME WED MORNING. NONE 
OF THE OTHER MODELS INCREASE THE WINDS TO GALE. THE NAM AND 
EUROPEAN MODEL HAVE SLY WINDS 25-30 KT AND NOGAPS AT 20-25 
KT...SO WILL NOT PUT UP ANY HEADLINES FOR GALE AT THIS TIME.
THE FRONT WEAKENS FROM 29N65W TO WINDWARD PASSAGE THU THEN
DISSIPATING FROM 26N65W TO HAITI EARLY FRI THEN BECOME DIFFUSE
FRI NIGHT. ANOTHER FRONT MOVES RAPIDLY ACROSS THE NW PORTION OF 
THE AREA SAT.

THE ATLC RIDGE HAS SHIFTED EWD AND THE CARIBBEAN TRADES ARE IN 
THE 15-20 KT RANGE WITH AN OCCASIONAL 25 KT NEAR THE COAST OF 
COLOMBIA. THE TRADES PICK UP AGAIN FRI AND SAT. COLD FRONT 
APPROACHES THE YUCATAN CHANNEL WED THEN EXTENDS FROM THE 
WINDWARD PASSAGE TO HONDURAS THU AND DISSIPATES FRI. NLY WINDS 
INCREASE TO 20-25 KT N OF THE FRONT WED AND THU.

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
GALE GMZ082 TUE INTO TUE NIGHT.

FORECASTER DGS