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AGXX40 KNHC 010816
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
400 AM EDT THU OCT 01 2009

GULF OF MEXICO...
COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM SW FLORIDA TO 25N85W.  UPPER LEVEL 
SUPPORT LIFTS NE LEAVING FRONT TO STALL OVER S FLORIDA TODAY.  
HIGH PRES BUILDS BEHIND FRONT BUT LITTLE IN THE WAY OF WINDS 
DEVELOP WITH LIGHT TO GENTLE BREEZE ACROSS ENTIRE GULF EXCEPT 
SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW W OF 95W AS SECOND COLD FRONT APPROACHES 
SE TEXAS COAST.  FRONT MOVES OFF TEXAS COAST FRI THEN STALLS E 
TO W ALONG N GULF COAST SAT.  S RETURN FLOW AGAIN INCREASES SUN 
INTO MON OFF TEXAS COAST AS HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER SE UNITED 
STATES.

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC W OF 55W...
FRESH TRADE WINDS PERSIST OVER S CENTRAL CARIBBEAN TODAY AS HIGH 
PRES 1017 MB OVER CENTRAL ATLC MAINTAINS STEADY FLOW OF E TRADES 
ACROSS BASIN.  MODERATE BREEZES EXPECTED THROUGH SUN EXCEPT 
STRONGER WINDS ALONG COAST OF COLOMBIA.  RIDGE RETREATS E FORCED 
BY COLD FRONT OFF FLORIDA COAST RELAXING GRADIENT ALLOWING WINDS 
TO DIMINISH MON. 

SW ATLC WATERS S OF 31N W OF 55W...
COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 31N65W TO 25N80W STALLS AND DISSIPATES 
LATE TODAY AS HIGH PRES BUILDS ALONG 24N.  RIDGE AXIS LIFT N 
THROUGH FRI AND REACH FROM 31N65W TO 27N80W SAT.  MODERATE TO 
FRESH TRADES DEVELOP S OF 22N SAT AND SUN.  SECOND FRONT PUSH 
OFF GEORGIA COAST SAT...BUT STALL AND DISSIPATE N OF BAHAMAS SUN 
AND MON.

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE

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FORECASTER WALLY BARNES