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AGXX40 KNHC 130547
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT SUN SEP 13 2009

GULF OF MEXICO STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE TO THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI TO A 1005 MB LOW
PRES NEAR 27N95W...WITH A TROUGH FROM THE LOW TO 22N96W.
THE EASTERN PART OF THE FRONT WILL LIFT NWD AS THE LOW MOVES
NE AND A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST LATE MON.
THE FRONT WILL EXTEND FROM SE LOUISIANA TO THE WESTERN BAY
OF CAMPECHE TUE AND WED THEN SLOWLY DISSIPATE THU. WINDS WILL
BE GENERALLY 15 KT OR LESS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.

STATIONARY FRONT OVER THE FAR NW PORTION OF THE ATLC ZONE.
LOW PRES WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT OFF THE NE FLORIDA
COAST LATER TODAY. THE LOW WILL MOVE TO 30N72W MON WITH A COLD 
FRONT FROM THE LOW TO THE FLORIDA STRAITS MON. THE LOW WILL MOVE
TO 31N69W WITH COLD FRONT TO CENTRAL CUBA TUE. THE LOW WILL MOVE 
N OF THE AREA WED AND THE FRONT WILL SLOWLY DISSIPATE THU.

AS LOW PRES DEVELOPS OVER THE NW ATLC ZONE AND THE RIDGE 
RETREATS TO THE E THE GRADIENT OVER THE CARIBBEAN HAS WEAKENED.
AS A RESULT WINDS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE DECREASED. ONLY A FEW
20 KT WINDS ALONG THE COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA THROUGH MID WEEK.
OTHERWISE WINDS 15 KT OR LESS ACROSS THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH
THE FORECAST PERIOD.

WARNINGS

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE

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FORECASTER DGS