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MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EDT FRI OCT 24 2008

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

GULF OF MEXICO WARM FRONT EXTENDS FROM NEAR TAMPA BAY TO A
1013 MB LOW PRES OVER THE CENTRAL GULF NEAR 27N89W WITH A
COLD FRONT FROM THE LOW TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE. THE LOW WILL
MOVE INTO THE S GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE FRONT FROM THE
FRONT EXTENDING FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE YUCATAN
PENINSULA THIS EVENING THEN BECOME STATIONARY FROM SW FLORIDA TO 
THE YUCATAN CHANNEL SAT AND SUN THEN E OF THE AREA MON.

ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 28N65W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA WILL BECOME 
DIFFUSE W OF 65W LATER TODAY. OTHERWISE HIGH PRES ACROSS THE
AREA WITH BRISK ELY WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. NEXT COLD 
FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE SE U.S. COAST EARLY SAT AND EXTEND
FROM 31N76W TO 26N80W SAT EVENING AND FROM 31N71W TO THE STRAITS 
OF FLORIDA SUN AND MON. MAY SEE A BRIEF PERIOD OF GALE FORCE 
WINDS LATER TODAY THEN BELOW GALE BY EARLY SAT.

TYPICAL 15-20 KT TRADES ACROSS MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH
SUN THEN DECREASE ON MON AS THE ATLC HIGH MOVES EWD. COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE INTO THE YUCATAN CHANNEL LATE SUN AND EXTEND FROM
WESTERN CUBA TO THE GULF OF HONDURAS MON AFTERNOON. NLY WINDS
INCREASE TO 20 KT BEHIND THE FRONT WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS AND 
HIGHEST SEAS MOSTLY NEAR THE YUCATAN CHANNEL.

ATLANTIC...
GALE WARNING...AMZ080...N OF 30N BETWEEN 75W AND 79W FRI EVENING 
AND NIGHT.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.