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AGXX40 KNHC 020445
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 PM EDT THU MAY 1 2008

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

HIGH OVER THE WESTERN ATLC COMBINED WITH LOW PRES OVER THE 
SOUTHERN PLAINS HAS TIGHTENED THE GRADIENT OVER THE GULF OF 
MEXICO WITH 20-25 KT WINDS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. THE GRADIENT 
WEAKENS ON SAT AS THE ATLC HIGH MOVES E AND A WEAK COLD FRONT 
APPROACHES THE TEXAS COAST...AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF FROM 
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO S TEXAS SUN THEN E OF THE AREA MON WITH 
HIGH PRES BUILDING OVER THE NORTHERN GULF TUE.

WEAKENING ATLC STATIONARY FRONT FROM 25N65W TO HISPANIOLA SHOULD 
DISSIPATE LATER TODAY AS HIGH PRES CENTER BUILDS SWD. BRISK 
WINDS S OF AROUND 27N SHIFTS S SAT THEN BELOW 20 KT BY SUN. NEXT 
COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST LATE SUN AND EXTENDS FROM 
31N77W TO 29N81W MON AND FROM 31N69W TO 27N80W TUE. NO 
SIGNIFICANT WINDS WITH THE FRONT.

LIGHT TRADES CONTINUE ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL ATLC
ZONES THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

WARNINGS...
ATLC...
NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

.FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.