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AGXX40 KNHC 270712
MIMATS

MARINE WEATHER DISCUSSION
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
200 AM EST WED JAN 27 2010

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

LATEST SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATING A RELATIVELY LARGE AREA OF 
LOW STRATUS/FOG CONFINED TO SW GULF OF MEXICO S OF 25N W OF 94W. 
IT SHOULD DISSIPATE LATER TODAY. OTHERWISE HIGH PRES ACROSS THE 
AREA WILL MOVE NE THROUGH THU. SLY RETURN FLOW IS STARTING
TO INCREASE OVER THE WESTERN GULF AHEAD OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT.
THE FRONT WILL MOVE OFF THE TEXAS COAST EARLY FRI AND EXTEND FROM
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TO THE BAY OF CAMPECHE LATE FRI AND FROM 
SW FLORIDA TO YUCATAN PENINSULA LATE SATE THEN SE OF THE AREA
SAT NIGHT. STRONG HIGH PRES BEHIND THE FRONT WILL INCREASE
WINDS TO GALE FORCE OVER THE SW GULF BEHIND THE FRONT FRI. WINDS 
WILL THEN DECREASE SAT AND SUN.

ATLC COLD FRONT FROM 30N65W TO CENTRAL CUBA WILL MOVE TO 27N65W 
TO THE WINDWARD PASSAGE LATE WED THEN E OF THE AREA WED NIGHT.
HIGH PRES WILL BUILD BEHIND THE FRONT THEN MOVE E ON FRI AND SLY 
WINDS INCREASE OVER THE NW PORTION OF THE AREA AS THE NEXT 
APPROACHING COLD FRONT MOVES OFF THE SE U.S. COAST LATE SAT AND 
WILL MOVE RAPIDLY AND EXTEND FROM 31N65W TO STRAITS OF FLORIDA
SUN. STRONG SLY WINDS INCREASE TO 30 KT AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH 
NLY WINDS TO 25 KT W OF THE FRONT.

WEAKENING STATIONARY FRONT IN THE NW CARIBBEAN EXTENDS CENTRAL 
CUBA TO CENTRAL HONDURAS WILL DISSIPATE LATER TODAY. STRONG HIGH 
PRES BUILDS N OF THE AREA WITH BRISK ELY WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF 
THE CARIBBEAN THROUGH FRI. THE STRONG TRADES WILL BE CONFINED TO 
THE CARIBBEAN S OF AROUND 17N E OF 80W OVER THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE  YUCATAN CHANNEL SUN.

WARNINGS...

ATLC...
.NONE.

CARIBBEAN...
.NONE.

GULF OF MEXICO...
.GMZ082...GALE CONDITIONS EXPECTED W OF FRONT FRI. 

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT 
HTTP://WWW.HURRICANES.GOV/MARINE

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FORECASTER DGS