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AGXX40 KNHC 091649
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1250 PM EDT SUN MAR 9 2008

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
HIGH PRES N OF AREA WILL SHIFT SE TO ALONG 34N TUE...THEN SHIFT 
ESE OFF THE GA COAST THU...AND THEN RACE NE OF BERMUDA FRI. 
BRISK SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW OVER THE W GULF...AND BRISK EASTERLY 
FLOW OVER THE S CENTRAL AND SE GULF WATERS WILL DIMINISH TO 10 
TO 15 KT MON OVER THE W PART TONIGHT AND OVER THE SE PART ON 
TUE. MODELS NOW INDICATE THAT A RETURN FLOW TROUGH SETTING UP 
OVER E TEXAS WILL GET PICKED UP BY A NEW SHORTWAVE LATE 
MON...WITH THE MERGED BOUNDARY MOVING E INTO THE W GULF TUE 
STALLING OVER THE CENTRAL GULF WED AND WASHING OUT THU AND FRI 
WITH THE NEXT STRONG FRONT AROUND SUNRISE SAT.

CARIBBEAN...NE WINDS BEHIND THE A STALLING FRONT EXTENDING FROM 
CUBA TO HONDURAS WILL DIMINISH AND BECOME E MON AND LIGHT SE THU 
AND FRI. ELSEWHERE ATLC HIGH PRES WILL MAINTAIN FRESH EASTERLY 
TRADE WINDS THROUGH FRI EXCEPT STRONGER ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA.

SW N ATLC...A COLD FRONT FROM 31N70W TO CENTRAL CUBA WILL 
CONTINUE MOVING E ALONG 30N PASSING THROUGH BERMUDA LATE 
TONIGHT. THE SOUTHERN EXTENSION OF THE FRONT WILL DRIFT E 
TONIGHT THEN BEGIN TO MOVE NW MON AS A WEAK WARM FRONT LYING E 
TO W ALONG 26N TUE NIGHT. A WEAK SHORTWAVE WILL MOVE INTO THE NW 
ATLC WATERS WED MOVING WHATEVER REMAINS OF THE INITIAL FRONT E 
THROUGH BERMUDA AROUND SUNRISE THU...THEN STALLING AND WASHING 
OUT OVER THE SE PART THU INTO FRI.
  
WARNINGS...
ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER NELSON