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AGXX40 KNHC 130548
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION         
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT MON APR 13 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 CENTRAL LOUISIANA COAST TO 25N97W 
WILL DISSIPATE LATER THIS MORNING. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
OFF THE TEXAS COAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA 
TO WESTERN BAY OF CAMPECHE THIS EVENING AND FROM FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE TO E BAY OF CAMPECHE TUE. SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20-25 
KT E OF THE FRONT N OF 25N...WITH NLY WINDS 15-20 KT W OF THE 
FRONT. THE FRONT WILL STALL FROM FL STRAITS ACROSS NORTHERN TIP 
OF YUCATAN PENINSULA THEN DISSIPATE THU. E-SE WINDS INCREASE 
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA LATE THU AND FRI.

WEAKENING ATLC COLD FRONT CURRENTLY EXTENDS FROM 29N85W TO 
26N72W. THE FRONT WILL DISSIPATE W OF 65W LATER TODAY AS HIGHER 
PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA. SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 25-30 KT 
ACROSS THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA TONIGHT. NEXT COLD FRONT MOVES 
OFF THE GA COAST LATE TUE AND EXTENDS FROM 31N74W TO SE FLORIDA
WED AND FROM 31N66W TO W CUBA THU...THEN WEAKEN AND DRIFT SE 
OVER THE SE ATLC WATERS THU NIGHT INTO EARLY SAT.
  
SE FLOW AT 15-20 KT OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 
EXTENDED PERIOD WITH SURGES 20-25 KT IN SW GULF OF HONDURAS WITH 
SEAS REACHING A MAX OF 8 FT. OTHERWISE NE-E TRADES CURRENTLY AT 
10-15 KT WILL INCREASE TO 15-20 KT TUE THROUGH FRI WITH THE 
LOCALLY ENHANCED WINDS AND SEAS TO 25 KT AND RESULTANT SEAS TO 
10 FT ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA.

ATLC...
.NONE.. 

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.