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AGXX40 KNHC 100647
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION         
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
300 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2009

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

AN E TO W RIDGE EXTENDS ACROSS THE GULF OF MEXICO ALONG 26N. SLY 
WINDS AT 15-20 KT ACROSS NEARLY THE ENTIRE GULF WILL DECREASE AS 
THE PRES GRADIENT BACKS OFF LATER TODAY AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD 
FRONT MOVING TO THE NW COASTAL WATERS LATE TODAY AND STALLING 
LATE TONIGHT THEN DISSIPATES SAT NIGHT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL 
MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST MON AND FROM THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TO 
NEAR TAMPICO MEXICO TUE. NO MAJOR INCREASE IN WINDS AND SEAS 
ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT.

A WAKENING FRONTAL TROUGH FROM 25N65W TO 22N75W WILL DISSIPATE 
LATER TODAY. OTHERWISE HIGH PRES RIDGE ALONG 27-28N. SW WINDS 
INCREASING TO 15-20 KT OVER THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE AREA 
BETWEEN THE RIDGE AND A COLD FRONT IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE 
RIDGE SHIFTS E SAT NIGHT ALLOWING THE FRONT TO REACH FROM 
BERMUDA TO CENTRAL FLORIDA SUN AFTERNOON. THE W PORTION OF THE 
FRONT DISSIPATES AND THE E PORTION MOVES E OF THE AREA MON. NLY 
WIND INCREASE TO 15-20 KT BEHIND THE FRONT.

SE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15-20 KT OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN TODAY 
AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUE. OTHERWISE TRADES WILL INCREASE ALONG 
THE COAST OF S AMERICA TO 20-25 KT...WITH TRADES MOSTLY 15-20 KT.

ATLC...
.NONE.. 

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.