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AGXX40 KNHC 090612
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION        
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT SAT MAY O9 2009
 
MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

HIGH PRES RIDGE IS OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. S TO SE 
WINDS 15-20 KT CONTINUE ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF. THE WINDS WILL 
GRADUALLY DECREASE EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE RIDGE WEAKENS IN 
ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO
THE FAR NE GULF BY MON NIGHT AND THEN DISSIPATE LATE TUE. SLY 
WINDS INCREASE TO 15-20 KT ONCE AGAIN OVER THE FAR NW GULF ON 
WED WITH MOSTLY LIGHT WINDS ELSEWHERE.

THE SURFACE TROUGH OVER THE BAHAMAS HAS FINALLY DISSIPATED AND 
ATLC RIDGE BUILDS ALONG 28N THEN DRIFTS SWD TO ALONG 27N SUN AND 
MON IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT WHICH ENTERS THE FAR NW CORNER OF 
THE AREA MON NIGHT AND EXTENDS FROM 31N70W TO NE FLORIDA BY LATE 
TUE AND WEAKENING FROM 31N70W TO TO JUST NE OF THE BAHAMAS BY 
LATE WED. SW WINDS INCREASE TO 15-20 KT WITHIN 240 NM E OF THE 
FRONT TUE AND WED THEN SHIFT TO THE NE AT 15-20 KT WITH FRONTAL 
PASSAGE.   

TRADES IN THE CARIBBEAN IN THE 15-20 KT RANGE AREA GENERALLY E 
OF 75W AND EXTEND INTO THE TROPICAL ATLC ZONE. THE TRADES WILL 
INCREASE TO 25 KT NEAR THE COAST OF COLOMBIA AS THE ATLC RIDGE 
STRENGTHENS. ELY WINDS 10-15 KT ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE 
REMAINDER OF THE CARIBBEAN...WITH LITTLE CHANGE THROUGH THE 
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

ATLC...
.NONE. 

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

FORECASTER DGS. TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER.