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AGXX40 KNHC 060500
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EDT SUN APR 6 2008

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

GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE WESTERN FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE TO A 1011 MB LOW PRES NEAR 29N87W TO 27N89W THEN 
STATIONARY TO 23N98W. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN FROM NE FLORIDA
TO 26N90W TO 20N95W THEN EXTEND FROM 28N81W TO 24N88W MON 
AFTERNOON THEN E OF THE AREA MON NIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN
LIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK THEN SLY WINDS INCREASE 
THU AHEAD OF THE NEXT FRONT.

ATLC RIDGE AXIS IS LOCATED 29N WIND MODERATE TO STRONG SE WINDS 
S OF AROUND 23N. THE RIDGE WILL DRIFT S TO 27N MON. COLD FRONT
MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST THIS EVENING AND EXTEND FROM 31N74W
TO 28N81W MON AND FROM 31N71W TO THE NORTHERN BAHAMAS TUE AND
FROM 31N65W TO 1010 MB LOW NEAR 29N67W TO SOUTHERN BAHAMAS WED.
THE FRONT WILL BE ALONG THE FAR SE PORTION OF THE AREA. AN
AREA OF 20 KT NLY WINDS W OF THE FRONT AND 20-25 KT E OF THE 
FRONT N OF 27N THROUGH THU.

ATLC RIDGE WILL KEEP MODERATE TRADES ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH
MON. THE RIDGE WEAKENS AND MOVES EWD TUE THROUGH THU RESULTING
IN DECREASING TRADES ACROSS THE AREA.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS