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AGXX40 KNHC 110559
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EDT SUN OCT 11 2009

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION FOR GULF OF MEXICO...CARIBBEAN SEA AND 
SOUTHWEST NORTH ATLC S OF 31N W OF 55W.

GULF OF MEXICO STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE TO 26N95W 20N97W. WINDS WILL BE 15-20 KT EARLY THEN 
DECREASE LATER TODAY AS THE FRONT MOVES NWD AND THEN INLAND BY 
LATE MON. HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILDS OVER THE NORTHERN GULF TUE 
THROUGH THU. SLY RETURN FLOW OVER THE WESTERN GULF WILL REMAIN
IN THE 10-15 KT RANGE...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS ACROSS THE AREA.

ATLC HIGH PRES RIDGE ALONG 29N/30N WILL SHIFT TO THE S LATE
WED AS A FRONT MOVES TO THE N AND E OF THE AREA. WINDS INCREASE
TO 15-20 KT S OF AROUND 25N LATER TONIGHT THEN WEAKEN WED AS
THE RIDGE MOVES SWD. SW WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT OVER THE NW
PORTION OF THE AREA AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. 
OTHERWISE WINDS WILL MOSTLY BE LIGHT ACROSS THE AREA.

CARIBBEAN TRADES AT 15-20 KT S OF 15N BETWEEN 70W-80W WILL 
INCREASE TO 20-25 KT WITH SEAS BUILDING TO 10 FT BY LATE TONIGHT 
CONTINUING THROUGH MON. THE WINDS THEN DECREASE TO 15-20 KT MON 
NIGHT AND TUE AND FURTHER DECREASE TO 10-15 KT WED AND THU AS 
THE ATLC RIDGE TO THE N WEAKENS.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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FORECASTER DGS