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AGXX40 KNHC 010659
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
150 AM EST SUN MAR 1 2009

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

GULF OF MEXICO COLD FRONT FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE BAY 
OF CAMPECHE WILL MOVE E OF THE AREA TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BRIEFLY 
INCREASE TO GALE FORCE BEHIND THE FRONT TODAY. HIGH PRES BUILDS 
W OF THE FRONT AND WINDS SLOWLY DECREASE FROM W TO E TONIGHT AND 
BECOME LIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA LATE MON AND MON NIGHT. THE 
HIGH MOVES E AND SLY WINDS INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN GULF WED 
AND THU.

SLY WINDS INCREASING OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE ATLC ZONE AHEAD 
OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE OFFSHORE LATE 
TODAY AND FROM 31N75W TO W CUBA TONIGHT THEN FROM 31N71W TO 
WINDWARD PASSAGE MON AND WEAKEN FROM 28N65W TO DOMINICAN 
REPUBLIC TUE THEN E OF THE AREA WED. WINDS INCREASE BOTH AHEAD 
AND BEHIND THE FRONT THROUGH MON THEN DECREASE ON TUE...HOWEVER
LARGE SWELLS WILL LINGER THEN SLOW SUBSIDE THU.

TRADES ARE NEAR OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. WINDS WILL INCREASE 
OVER THE W CARIBBEAN AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE 
YUCATAN CHANNEL THIS EVENING THEN EXTENDS FROM THE WINDWARD 
PASSAGE TO NICARAGUA BY MON EVENING. NLY 20-25 KT WINDS ARE 
BEHIND THE FRONT. THE FRONT WILL WEAKEN TUE AND WED OVER THE N 
CENTRAL CARIBBEAN.

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
GALE WARNING S OF 25N W OF 95W AND N OF 28N W OF FRONT TO 
90W...GMZ082 GMZ084 AND GMZ086.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.