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AGXX40 KNHC 270624
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EST FRI FEB 27 2009

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

BRISK SLY WINDS ACROSS THE WESTER HALF OF THE GULF OF MEXICO 
AHEAD OF THE THE NEXT COLD FRONT WHICH WILL APPROACH THE TEXAS 
COAST LATE TONIGHT. THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM THE FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE TO NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO SAT EVENING WITH WINDS TO GALE 
FORCE S OF 25N W OF THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY E OF 
THE AREA ON SUN...WITH WINDS DECREASING FROM W TO E...BECOMING
LIGHT ON TUE.

ATLC STATIONARY FRONT IN THE ATLC FROM 25N65W TO THE WINDWARD 
PASSAGE WILL DISSIPATE LATER TODAY...OTHERWISE RIDGE ACROSS THE
THE NORTHERN PORTION OF  THE AREA. THE RIDGE MOVES EWD AND SLY 
WINDS INCREASE OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE ARE LATE SAT AS THE 
NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST. STRONG WINDS BOTH 
AHEAD AND BEHIND THE FRONT WILL INCREASE TO NEAR GALE FORCE MON 
THEN RAPIDLY DECREASE MON NIGHT AND TUE.

TYPICAL TRADES ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH SUN THEN THE WINDS 
DECREASE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT APPROACHES THE YUCATAN 
CHANNEL. THE FRONT MOVES INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN WITH NLY WINDS 
INCREASING TO 20-25 KT MON.

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.