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AGXX40 KNHC 080725
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION  
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EST SUN NOV 08 2009

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

HURRICANE IDA CURRENTLY IN THE NW CARIBBEAN IS FORECAST TO 
APPROACH THE YUCATAN CHANNEL TODAY AND INTO THE SE GULF OF 
MEXICO THIS EVENING. IDA IS FORECAST TO ONCE AGAIN WEAKEN TO A 
TROPICAL STORM MON EVENING NEAR 27.7N 87.9W...THEN INTER-ACT
WITH A COLD FRONT OVER THE NORTHERN GULF TUE AND BECOME
EXTRATROPICAL. THE LOW OF THE FORMER IDA WILL BECOME A GALE
CENTER NEAR THE COAST OF THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER WITH A COLD 
FRONT TRAILING THE LOW TO THE WESTERN YUCATAN PENINSULA THEN
MOVE RAPIDLY NE WED. THE FRONT WILL CLEAR THE GULF OF MEXICO
LATE THU. STRONG NLY WINDS MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT. WITH STRONG 
HIGH PRES TO THE N AND IDA TO THE S EXPECT GALE FORCE WINDS OVER 
THE SE GULF EARLY TODAY...THEN IDA MOVES THROUGH.

A SURFACE TROUGH IN THE SE PORTION OF THE ATLC ZONE FROM
24N65W TO 23N71W WILL DISSIPATE LATER TODAY. OTHERWISE STRONG 
HIGH PRES N OF THE AREA WILL CONTINUE STRONG NE TO E WINDS 
S OF AROUND 28N. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE SOME LATE TUE AS THE 
HIGH MOVES E...HOWEVER LARGE SWELLS WILL CONTINUE E OF THE 
BAHAMAS. COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST EARLY WED AND 
EXTENDS FROM 31N76W TO CENTRAL FLORIDA WED AFTERNOON...AND
FROM 31N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA THU AFTERNOON. STRONG NLY WINDS
MAY INCREASE TO 20-30 KT BEHIND THE FRONT. SLY WINDS IN THE 
20-25 KT RANGE N OF 26N E OF THE FRONT ON THU.

HURRICANE IDA OVER THE NW CARIBBEAN NEAR 20.1N 85.3W AT 0600
UTC. THE HURRICANE IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE
NW AND SHOULD BE N OF THE AREA TONIGHT. AS IDA MOVES FURTHER
N WINDS WILL DECREASE AND SEAS WILL SUBSIDE OVER THE NW 
CARIBBEAN MON. NLY WINDS INCREASE TO 20 KT BEHIND A COLD FRONT 
THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE NW CARIBBEAN ON THU...OTHERWISE THE PRES 
GRADIENT WEAKENS ACROSS MUCH OF THE CARIBBEAN WITH LIGHT WINDS 
ACROSS THE AREA MON THROUGH THU.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.AMZ082...HURRICANE WARNING N OF 19N W OF 82W...

GULF OF MEXICO...
.GMZ084 AND GMZ086W..HURRICANE WARNING TONIGHT AND MON S OF 26N 
BETWEEN 86W AND 88W. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUE AND 
WED BETWEEN 84W AND 90W.
.GMZ080...TROPICAL STRUM CONDITIONS EXPECTED N OF 27N W OF 91W 
MON.
.GMZ084...GALE WARNING EARLY SUN.
.GMZ084...GMZ080 AND GMZ086...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED MON NIGHT 
THROUGH WED N OF 26N BETWEEN 84W AND 91W...

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FORECASTER DGS