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AGXX40 KNHC 021632
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 PM EDT WED APR 2 2008

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

WEAK STATIONARY FRONT ALONG THE TEXAS COAST WILL MOVE N THIS
EVENING. RIDGE DEVELOPS ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF THU WITH 
INCREASING SLY WINDS OVER THE WESTERN GULF. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE 
OFF THE TEXAS COAST FRI EVENING AND EXTENDS FROM THE FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE SAT THEN WEAKENS AND BECOME 
STATIONARY SUN AND MON. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT W OF THE 
FRONT SAT THEN DECREASE SUN AND MON.

STRONG HIGH CENTERED NE OF THE ATLC ZONE NEAR 32N54W WITH A 
RIDGE TO N FLORIDA. MODERATE TO STRONG WINDS CONTINUE OVER THE S 
PORTION OF THE AREA...S OF AROUND 25N. SLY WINDS INCREASE OVER
THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA FRI AND SAT AS THE GRADIENT TIGHTENS 
BETWEEN THE ATLC RIDGE AND A COLD FRONT OVER THE EASTERN UNITED 
STATES. THE FRONT MOVES OVER THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE AREA SUN 
AND MON.

ABOVE NORMAL TRADES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD E OF 75W. 
SEAS OF UP TO 15 FT WILL AFFECT THE TROPICAL ATLANTIC AREA AND 
SLOWLY SUBSIDE SUN AND MON. THE SWELL WILL ALSO IMPACT THE 
EASTERN CARIBBEAN THROUGH THE ATLC PASSAGES.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS