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AGXX40 KNHC 020554
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
100 AM EST MON MAR 2 2009

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

HIGH PRES BUILDING ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO BEHIND THE COLD 
FRONT THAT SWEPT THROUGH THE AREA SUN. STRONG WINDS CONTINUE 
ACROSS MUCH OF THE GULF...BUT HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW GALE FORCE.
THE WINDS SLOWLY DECREASE FROM W TO E AND BECOME LIGHT ACROSS 
THE ENTIRE AREA TONIGHT AND TUE. THE HIGH MOVES E AND SLY WINDS 
INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN GULF WED THROUGH FRI..

ATLC COLD FRONT CURRENTLY FROM 31N75W TO W CUBA WILL MOVE TO 
WILL MOVE TO 31N66W TO HAITI TONIGHT AND WEAKEN FROM 29N65W TO 
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TUE THEN E OF THE AREA WED. STRONG WINDS BOTH 
AHEAD AND BEHIND THE FRONT TODAY AND TONIGHT THEN DECREASE ON 
TUE...HOWEVER LARGE SWELLS WILL LINGER THEN SLOW SUBSIDE THU AND 
FRI AS HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA.

COLD FRONT OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN FROM W CENTRAL CUBA TO BELIZE 
AND EXTEND FROM HAITI TO NICARAGUA BY THIS EVENING AND DISSIPATE 
TUE. NLY 20-25 KT WINDS ARE BEHIND THE FRONT. STRONG NLY WINDS 
CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN AS HIGH PRES BUILDS TO THE 
N.

ATLANTIC...
NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
NONE.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.