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AGXX40 KNHC 010602
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
215 AM EDT WED OCT 01 2008

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

THE LATEST SYNOPTIC SURFACE ANALYSIS FROM OCT 01 AT 0000 UTC 
SHOWS A RATHER COMPLEX WEATHER PATTERN OVER THE SW N ATLC... 
FLORIDA...AND THE SE GULF OF MEXICO WITH THREE LOWS...ONE NEAR 
31N73W...THE NEXT OVER THE SW FLORIDA PENINSULA...AND THE THIRD 
JUST N OF THE YUCATAN PENINSULA. A COLD FRONT CONNECTS THE FIRST 
TWO LOWS AND A TROUGH BETWEEN THE CENTRAL LOW AND THE SOUTHERN 
LOW. BY TONIGHT THE LOW OVER FLORIDA WILL MOVE TO 30N72W WITH A 
TRAILING COLD FRONT THROUGH W CENTRAL CUBA. A SECOND COLD FRONT 
WILL MOVE QUICKLY S OVER THE N GULF OF MEXICO TODAY AND BY LATE 
TONIGHT WILL MOVE TO THE CENTRAL GULF. ON THU AFTERNOON THE 
FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM 31N74W ACROSS S FLORIDA TO NEAR 24N95W 
AND WILL THEN STALL FROM 31N73W ACROSS THE YUCATAN CHANNEL FRI 
AND SAT. A 0000 UTC QUIKSCAT PASS INDICATES N WINDS TO 20 KT 
OVER THE SW GULF OF MEXICO. CURRENTLY THE STRONGEST WINDS OVER 
THE DISCUSSION AREA ARE LOCATED E OF THE FIRST COLD FRONT N OF 
28N WITH SW WINDS TO 25 KT. LIGHT TO OCCASIONAL EASTERLY TRADE 
WINDS WILL COVER MOST OF THE CARIBBEAN OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

WARNINGS...

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER CAB. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.