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AGXX40 KNHC 070733
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION 
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
230 AM EST MON DEC 07 2009

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

GULF OF MEXICO...
HIGH PRES OVER MID ATLC STATES WITH RIDGE EXTENDING INTO CENTRAL 
GULF.  WEAK SURFACE TROUGH INLAND TEXAS FORCING STRONG S RETURN 
FLOW W OF 95W.  COLD FRONT MOVE INTO W GULF LATE TUE NIGHT REACH 
30N85W TO 21N97W LATE WED.  WINDS SHIFT NE AND INCREASE BEHIND 
FRONT.  FRONT BECOME DIFFUSE IN SE GULF LATE THU AS RIDGE 
REBUILDS.  RIDGE WEAKEN AND SHIFT E LATE THU AS NEW COLD FRONT 
ENTER NW GULF LATE FRI. 

SW N ATLC...
COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM 28N65W TO 27N70W THEN STATIONARY TO 
ANDROS ISLAND BAHAMAS.  FRESH N BREEZE BEHIND COLD FRONT WEAKENS 
ON TUE AS WEAK SURFACE TROUGH EXTEND FROM 30N70N TO 26N75W MON 
NIGHT AND TUE THEN MOVES N OF 31N.  HIGH PRES RIDGE BUILDS OVER 
AREA THROUGH WED.  NEW COLD FRONT APPROACHES MID ATLC SEABOARD 
WED NIGHT AND THU.  FRONT MOVE OFFSHORE REACHING FROM NEAR 
31N65W TO 25N80W LATE FRI.

CARIBBEAN AND TROPICAL N ATLC...
STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDING FROM 22N81W TO 18N87W BECOME DIFFUSE 
WITH NE WINDS BELOW 20 KT EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE TODAY. OTHERWISE 
...TIGHT PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN LOW PRES OVER NORTHERN S AMERICA 
AND HIGH PRES OVER CENTRAL ATLC SUPPORTS FRESH TO STRONG TRADES 
ACROSS BASIN WITH HIGHER GUSTS NEAR COAST OF COLOMBIA.  LONG 
EASTERLY FETCH ACROSS MOST OF TRPCL CENTRAL ATLC SENDING LARGE 
LONG PERIOD SWELLS INTO TRPCL ATLC THROUGH REMAINDER OF WEEK.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
NONE.   

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.NONE.

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FORECASTER WALLY BARNES