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AGXX40 KNHC 150604
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION         
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT WED APR 15 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 29N83W TO 22N92W WILL EXTEND FROM 
SW FLORIDA TO 22N89W LATER THIS MORNING AND ALONG YUCATAN CHANNEL
THIS EVENING WHERE IT STALLS THEN DISSIPATE BY THU. HIGH PRES N 
OF THE AREA COMBINED WITH LOWER PRES OVER THE WESTERN PLAINS 
TIGHTENS THE GRADIENT OVER THE WESTERN GULF THU NIGHT THROUGH 
SAT...WITH E TO SE WINDS INCREASING TO 20-25 KT. NEXT COLD FRONT 
MOVES OFF THE TEXAS COAST SAT NIGHT AND EXTENDS FROM SE 
LOUISIANA TO 20N96W SUN.

COLD FRONT ALONG THE SE GEORGIA COAST. S-SW WINDS INCREASE 25 TO 
30 KT AHEAD OF FRONT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE TO 31N73W TO 27N80W 
THIS AFTERNOON AND FROM 30N65W TO E CUBA LATE THU...FROM 25N65W 
TO E HISPANIOLA FRI THEN E OF AREA SAT.  STRONG SW WINDS SHIFT 
NW BEHIND COLD FRONT. LARGE SWELLS MOVE INTO MUCH OF THE AREA 
LATE FRI AND INTO SAT THEN SUBSIDE SUN.

ATLC RIDGE MAINTAINS FRESH TRADES ACROSS CARIBBEAN...WITH THE 
STRONGEST WINDS AS TYPICAL ALONG THE COAST OF COLOMBIA. SE WINDS 
20-25 KT OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN S OF AROUND 18N W OF 85W CONTINUE 
THROUGH SAT THEN DECREASE SUN.

ATLC...
.NONE.. 

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.